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:
“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)
“To the United States the Third World often takes the form of a black woman who has been made pregnant in a moment of passion and who shows up one day in the reception room on the forty-ninth floor threatening to make a scene. The lawyers pay the woman off; sometimes uniformed guards accompany her to the elevators.”
—Lewis H. Lapham (b. 1935)
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)