Quotes by Chuck Jones

“You? Youre not an assistant, youre an animator.”

“It is a yellow light that either its competition, therefore pricing, or that market growth is not as robust as it had been.”

“All of a sudden long-term growth rate expectations have ratcheted down,”

“All of a sudden long-term growth rate expectations have ratcheted down.”

“Its a bargain. Id gladly pay him another $808.6 million to have him create another $65 billion in market cap.”

“Were in a slower-growth environment and as Larry said, if you can get 10 percent growth from organic growth and 10 percent from acquisition, it adds cash and adds earnings. Thats as long as they can make the integration work.”

“H-P was in the dog house and in the show-me mode, and its really starting to show. I felt that after speaking with management and seeing some results that we were early on in the turnaround cycle.”

“CA isnt well positioned from a growth standpoint.”

“Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.”

Every artist has thousands of bad drawings in them and the only way to get rid of them is to draw them out.

Eschew the ordinary, disdain the commonplace. If you have a single-minded need for something, let it be the unusual, the esoteric, the bizarre, the unexpected.

If you make a fool of yourself in front of a cat, he will sneer at you, if you are sober; he will leave the room if you are drunk. If you make a fool of yourself in front a dog, he will make a fool of himself, too.

A lions work hours are only when hes hungry; once hes satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together.

The rules are simple. Take your work, but never yourself, seriously. Pour in the love and whatever skill you have, and it will come out.

Theres only one test of a great childrens book, or a great childrens film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great childrens film, or a great childrens book.