Famous Quotes
All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration, caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.
A man should never neglect his family for business.
You can't just let nature run wild.
I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.
I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.
Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end.
You reach a point where you don't work for money.
I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it.
We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.
Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.
All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.
Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.
I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.
Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.
We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public.
Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
If you can dream it, you can do it.
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