All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

Why do we have to grow up? I know more adults who have the children's approach to life. They're people who don't give a hang what the Joneses do. You see them at Disneyland every time you go there. They are not afraid to be delighted with simple pleasures, and they have a degree of contentment with what life has brought - sometimes it isn't much, either. °o°

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.

Happiness is a state of mind.

I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

For every laugh, there should be a tear.