Handful Quotes by Joseph Barbera

Except for me, no one in my family could draw.

— Joseph Barbera

You keep pitching. Most of the pitches run wild. A few are caught.

— Joseph Barbera

Ted Turner sailed into the meeting, and I mean sailed. He holds himself as if he were at the helm of his sailboat, in…

— Joseph Barbera

While I have never been a regular churchgoer, I'm anything but immune to the power and the majesty of the religious experience.

— Joseph Barbera

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

— Joseph Barbera

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

— Joseph Barbera

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

— Joseph Barbera

Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot.

— Joseph Barbera

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.

— Joseph Barbera

High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances.

— Joseph Barbera

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

— Joseph Barbera

In those days, boxing was very glamorous and romantic. You listened to fights on the radio, and a good announcer made it seem like…

— Joseph Barbera