Top 38 Quotes by Joseph Barbera

What the real world of 1941 needed most was the release and relief provided by laughter.

Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.

Among the great glories of the MGM lot were the vast outdoor sets that had been constructed over the years.

Bill Hanna and I owe an awful lot to television, but we both got our start and built the first phase of our partnership in the movies.

Parents look at me like I'm somebody pretty important, and say, We were raised on your characters, and now we're enjoying them all over again with our children.

Despite the rejection, and in violation of all the rules, I came back year after year.

I never got tired of Tom and Jerry, but I did have a dream of doing more with my life than making cartoons.

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons.

My marriage had been impulsive. That marriage should have been short-lived instead of the 23 years it spanned.

I hope we don't get to the point where we have to have the cat stop chasing the mouse to teach him glassblowing and basket weaving.