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Quotes by Cartoonist
"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."
70
"A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows."
70
"Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end."
69
"It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept."
69
"Alan Moore does have a sheen of class. He's a smart guy, and I'm sure there was a metaphoric level, I'm not denying that, but let's face it. the main reason he was doing a super-hero comic was because he was working for a super-hero comic book company."
69
"And, uh, I've got about six thousand cartoons up there, also books and papers."
68
"Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence."
68
"I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point."
68
"One of the most attractive things about writing your autobiography is that you're not dead."
67
"Maturity is only a short break in adolescence."
67
"Goth culture, as mired in the past as it is, even it goes through changes, so Goth when I was growing up is not what it is now. When I think of Goth culture as it is at the moment I think of mall culture."
67
"The creator of the universe works in mysterious ways. But he uses a base ten counting system and likes round numbers."
66
"All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them."
66
"Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us."
66
"And I, uh, I wonder how anybody can think his personality changes with his success. I've had quite a bit of success but I feel that I'm just the same person as I always was."
66
"Evil is always devising more corrosive misery through man's restless need to exact revenge out of his hate."
66
"Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda."
65
"Just to see him come on the stage was an event. They had very high risers, and back a little bit, so he'd walk around behind the risers and right across the front of the stage to the podium, remember?"
65
"Informed decision-making comes from a long tradition of guessing and then blaming others for inadequate results."
65
"Most success springs from an obstacle or failure. I became a cartoonist largely because I failed in my goal of becoming a successful executive."
65
"'American Dad' is, by its nature, much more political."
65
"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation."
65
"I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas."
65
"Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end."
65
"When I was an art student in the early 60's before the acid scene began I was smoking pot just like anyone else who was an artist."
65
"If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?"
64
"Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language."
64
"Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems."
64
"There's a difference between a philosophy and a bumper sticker."
64
"I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie."
63
"I didn't write because in the corps I took mining engineering of all things and, you know, they, they graduate a mining engineer as a sort of an illiterate."
63
"Sometimes I lie awake at night and ask why me? Then a voice answers nothing personal, your name just happened to come up."
63
"Remind people that profit is the difference between revenue and expense. This makes you look smart."
63
"I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths."
63
"On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published."
63
"Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."
62
"Animal welfare issues have always been important to me."
62
"Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery - it recharges by running."
62
"If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel."
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62
"Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget."
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