Pete Docter Quotes
I loved 'Dumbo.' I watched Bugs Bunny time and again. The Muppets were big, too. All of those, they have this real, not darkness but poignancy, that's what makes it stick with you.
Quotes to Explore
-
Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
-
I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred.
-
In the '80 Olympics... people expected me to win. I was good enough to win, and I made a mistake and ended up second, which is pretty good, too.
-
I write better in Cape Breton... too many people around in Ontario. Down there I meet all sorts of non-human people, but they don't bother me, and I don't feel I have to apologize on behalf of my species quite so often.
-
I was thinking about it: so many of my stories are about my family life, not about being related to a lot of famous people. That's my grandma, that's my mama, my daddy, my aunt, my uncle, my stepdaddy. I'd probably tell them even if they weren't well known.
-
I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
-
For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
-
I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
-
Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
-
I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
-
I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
-
Working with kids can be tricky because they can be pretty unpredictable.
-
The fidelity question is difficult for me. Society has made us believe we're supposed to be monogamous when we're not killer whales, or whatever the monogamous species is.
-
A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
-
It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
-
I grew up in a family where the women were just nuts. They didn't stand around in cardigans making polite conversation while they chopped tomatoes.
-
Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
-
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
-
We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.
-
I think things just happen to people. That's healthier, I feel, than believing there's some grand scheme where your story is already inscribed in the Book of Life. Books get rewritten.
-
The European boys have small ideas but they sure know how to dress 'em up.
-
To burn the ideal of a great love into the soul of youth in letters of fire - that is to give him a real moral strength.
-
I loved 'Dumbo.' I watched Bugs Bunny time and again. The Muppets were big, too. All of those, they have this real, not darkness but poignancy, that's what makes it stick with you.
