Just make sure you never do less than your best.
To be successful you must be unique, you must be so different that if people want what you have, they must come to you to get it.
To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes.
Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
I’ve wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going.
Why would I want to be president? I’m the king of Disneyland.
If I haven’t thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.
I take great pride in the artistic development of cartoons. Our characters are made to go through emotions.
I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things.
Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America.
I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place – a place where adults and children can experience together some of the wonders of life, of adventure, and feel better because of it.
I have a great love of animals and laughter.
It feels good when it helps to get a good seat for a football game. But it never helped me make a good film or a good shot in a polo game, or command the obedience of my daughter. It doesn.
I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained.
Childishness? I think it’s the equivalent of never losing your sense of humor. I mean, there’s a certain something that you retain. It’s the equivalent of not getting so stuffy that you can’t laugh at others.
Anything that has the Disney name to it is something we feel responsible for.
Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature.
In my view, wholesome pleasure, sport, and recreation are as vital to this nation as productive work and should have a large share in the national budget.
It seems to me shallow and arrogant for any man in these times to claim he is completely self-made, that he owes all his success to his own unaided efforts. Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone’s notable achievements.
While the worriers are worrying, the planners are planning and the accountants are figuring out why we can’t afford it, I’m busy getting started.