Quotes

The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members.

I did not bring Deism into Bavaria.

My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.

Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.

This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.

The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.

But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.

In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.

Anything that triggers good memories can't be all bad.

Over the years, I've learned that if you can just hang in there and, regardless of what's presented to you, take it as a challenge and try to bring in something fresh, then it works.

In the late '60s, there were the the three B's: The Beatles, Batman, and Bond.

Look at 'Batman' - that was theater of the absurd, as is 'Family Guy.'

I love to do voiceover because, for me, if you know what you're doing, it's simple. No makeup, no costuming, none of the baloney. None of the egos - you don't have to deal with all that crap. I love voiceovers.

I have become convinced that everything that is classy doesn't go away.

When you go to the Sistine Chapel with Sophia Loren, it can be quite some time before your thoughts turn to the ceiling.

I used to spend hours just sitting in an old wreck of a car with a stickshift; I'd just sit there and shift.

Oh, it's fun to be an icon!

Maybe we could find some way to send barges of trash to the sun and incinerate it all. Hey, it's an idea. It's an idea!

The Batmobile wasn't a stickshift, and it was a challenge to drive, believe me.

I have the curse of thinking funny!

Not to be able to move around or do things without thinking - that's tough. I may end up that way, but if I do, I hope to hell my intellect will take over, and I'll find some kind of joy and a way to contribute.

My paintings capture the humor, zaniness, and depth of the Batman villains as well as the Freudian motivations of Batman as an all-too-human, venerable, and funny vigilante superhero.

I'm a fan of anything that's good, especially when it's conscientiously good.

I don't want to be Batman. Let Val Kilmer do it. I just want to be Uncle Batman. I have this whole 'warm relationship' plot in my mind. In the final scenes, the new Batmobile breaks down, the new Batman's stranded on the side of the road. We grab our old Batmobile, pick him up and drive away.

My grandfather and my father had wheat ranches, so we had quite a few trucks around and a lot of mules. Talk about horsepower - we had mule power.