Pixar Quotes

“Just keep Swimming!”
― Ellen DeGeneres Finding Nemo Dory

“The man persisted. "No, no, no. It was so funny. What software did you use?" - apparently in the belief that the software had built-in humor generation.”
― David A. Price, The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company

“Story telling is joke telling.”
― Andrew Stanton

“You don't talk; you watch talk shows. You don't play games; you watch game shows.

Travel, relationships, risk: Every meaningful experience must be packaged and delivered to you to watch at a distance, so that you can remain ever sheltered, ever passive, ever ravenous consumers who can't bring themselves to rise from their couches, break a sweat, and participate in life.”
― Brad Bird

“Pixar started as a company that sold a special computer for doing digital animation; it took a while till they got into the moviemaking business. Similarly, Starbucks originally sold only coffee beans and coffee equipment; they hadn't planned to sell coffee by the cup.”
― Reid Hoffman Ben Casnocha, The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career

“How can you say anything other than Ratatouille is Pixar's best movie? Your a chef, for Christ's sake," Sue said.
Lou smiled at Sue's accusatory tone. She needed this distraction.
Harley rolled his eyes and said, "You're letting your biases show, Sue. Up uses music better- like a character. The opening fifteen minutes is some of the best filmmaking- ever. And who doesn't love a good squirrel joke?"
"But Ratatouille brings it all back to food." Sue waved a carrot in the air to emphasize her point. "They made you want to eat food cooked by a rat! I'd eat the food; it looked magnificent. That rat cooked what he loved; what tasted good. Like I've been telling Lou, we should cook food from the heart, not just the cookbook.”
― Amy E. Reichert, The Coincidence of Coconut Cake

“His smile reminded her of Bruce, the friendly shark from Finding Nemo- he'd be your friend until he smelled blood; then you better run for your life. Tonight, MJ was the fresh meat.”
― Amy E. Reichert, Luck, Love & Lemon Pie

“You don't talk; you watch talk shows. You don't play games; you watch game shows.”
― Brad Bird

“School mascot by day, but by night...

I am also a school mascot.”
― Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird, and Daniel Gerson