Jim Henson > Quotes

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

“[Kids] don't remember what you try to teach them. They remember what you are.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

“There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.”
― Jim Henson, Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets

“Only time can heal your broken heart. Just as only time can heal his broken arms and legs.”
― Miss Piggy

“The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children. ”
― Jim Henson

“If you care about what you do and work hard at it, there isn't anything you can't do if you want to.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green: And Other Things to Consider

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending.”
― Jim Henson

“Watch out for each other. Love everyone and forgive everyone, including yourself. Forgive your anger. Forgive your guilt. Your shame. Your sadness. Embrace and open up your love, your joy, your truth, and most especially your heart.”
― Jim Henson

“Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me!”
― Jim Henson

“When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there. ”
― Jim Henson

“My hope still is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.”
― Jim Henson

“As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make-believe continues into adulthood.”
― Jim Henson

“Simple is good.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider

“Please watch out for each other and love and forgive everybody. It's a good life, enjoy it.”
― Jim Henson

“It all ends in one of two ways: either someone gets eaten or something blows up.”
― Jim Henson

“I don't know exactly where ideas come from, but when I'm working well ideas just appear. I've heard other people say similar things - so it's one of the ways I know there's help and guidance out there. It's just a matter of our figuring out how to receive the ideas or information that are waiting to be heard.”
― Jim Henson

“I really do believe that all of you are at the beginning of a wonderful journey. As you start traveling down that road of life, remember this: There are never enough comfort stops. The places you're going to are never on the map. And once you get that map out, you won't be able to re-fold it no matter how smart you are.

So forget the map, roll down the windows, and whenever you can pull over and have picnic with a pig. And if you can help it never fly as cargo.”
― Jim Henson

“I believe that we form our own lives, that we create our own reality, and that everything works out for the best.”
― Jim Henson

“Life's like a movie, write your own ending. Keep believing, keep pretending. We've done just what we set out to do. Thanks to the lovers, the dreamers and you.”
― Jim Henson

“No time is wasted time”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider

“Life is meant to be fun, and joyous, and fulfilling.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider

“Yes, its one of the basic truths of the universe,....Things don't disappear. They just change, and change and change again.”
― Jim Henson

“I guess I was wrong when I said I never promised anyone. I promised me.”
― Jim Henson

“Who said that every wish would be heard and answered when wished on an evening star? Somebody thought of it and someone believed it, and look what its done so far.”
― Jim Henson

“If you can't beat them. Join them”
― Jim Henson, Jim Henson's The Storyteller

“I try hard not to judge anyone, and I try to bless everyone who is a part of my life, particularly anyone with whom I am having any problems”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider

“(Lisa Henson about her father) He admired the job of the man who walks along the road picking up trash with a long stick. He thought that guy had a great job, walking along with a stick, enjoying the road, and doing only good in the world, with hundreds of small actions.”
― Jim Henson

“We see with our eyes. We know with our hearts. Outside...Inside.”
― Jim Henson

“I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.”
― Jim Henson, It's Not Easy Being Green and Other Things to Consider

“The beauty of nature has been one of the great inspirations in my life.”
― Jim Henson