Michael Eisner Quotes

United States, Businessman
March 7, 1942

Michael Dammann Eisner is an American businessman. Eisner was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CEO of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was President and CEO of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks: NBC, CBS, and ABC.

It doesn't matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone lines, computor, or satellite. Everyone's going to have to deal with Disney.

Michael Eisner
- Matter
- Going
- Disney
Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success.

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- Success
- Failure
- Building

A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures.

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- Product
- Brand
- Thousand
There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.

Michael Eisner
- Good
- Idea
- Improved
It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

Michael Eisner
- Lucky
- Partner
- Lifetime
We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective.

Michael Eisner
- Money
- History
- Obligation
To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.

Michael Eisner
The company should be run from a creative point of view rather than a financial point of view.

Michael Eisner
- Financial
- Company
- Run

Management is not a science, it is an art.

Michael Eisner
- Art
- Science
- Management
Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.

Michael Eisner