Top 38 Quotes by Joseph Barbera

That's what keeps me going: dreaming, inventing, then hoping and dreaming some more in order to keep dreaming.

My last days at MGM were like the fall of the Roman Empire in fast motion.

I was 82 years old before Who's Who thought I was enough of a big shot to do a piece on me.

I hate fishing, and I can't imagine why anyone would want to hike when you can get in the car and drive.

Making cartoons means very hard work at every step of the way, but creating a successful cartoon character is the hardest work of all.

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

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.

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

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

I have spent a lot of years on the outside looking in.