Reception
Donkey is considered to be the breakout character of the series, and many of his quotes has entered the popularal cultural lexicon since the film was released, such as "We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning - i'll make waffles!" and "I like that boulder. That is a NICE boulder". Several critics have praised Eddie Murphy's performance of Donkey and the character is often cited to be one of the best things about the series.
Empire listed Donkey as #21 on their "50 Best Animated Movie Characters".
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.”
—Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“But in the reception of metaphysical formula, all depends, as regards their actual and ulterior result, on the pre-existent qualities of that soil of human nature into which they fall—the company they find already present there, on their admission into the house of thought.”
—Walter Pater (1839–1894)