Walt Disney Quotes
When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
Quotes to Explore
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It was a great opportunity that I had to take - my very own theater. That comes along once in a lifetime. It doesn't even seem like 15 years ago - time sure flies by. I've really had a lot of fun with it.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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The running joke about the Premio Cervantes, the most coveted literary prize in the Spanish-speaking world, which was established by Spain's Ministry of Culture in 1976, is that Cervantes himself wouldn't have received it. This is because he was, in his heart, the most anti-Spanish of Spanish writers.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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Remember this: classics never make a comeback. They wait for that perfect moment to take the spotlight from overdone, tired trends.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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Without doubt, machinery has greatly increased the number of well-to-do idlers.
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The public has lost the habit of movie-going because the cinema no longer possesses the charm, the hypnotic charisma, the authority it once commanded. The image it once held for us all - that of a dream we dreamt with our eyes open - has disappeared.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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With a disaster like global warming, it's too late to worry about when it's looming except to figure out how to adapt to it.
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Life is an adventure, it's not a package tour.
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I am proud of my kids and happy to brag about their achievements. Their success has been an immense source of happiness for me.
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I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.
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I've been in real estate for my whole life, I've been trying to sharpshoot the market with my investments, I'm never right. All you need to do is get near the bottom. That's good enough.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
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We have learned how to do a lot of things. We must try to relearn why.
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When I came to the U.S., I tried to take shortcuts to make money - but everything crashed.
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The only people who never fail are those who never try.
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I used to go to the Church of the Harvest, right off Adams and La Brea. There was a pastor there who had the best big choir and the best band. He would start praying, and the music would start playing and just make people feel so good, you could break out of whatever you were going through. Soft music can have that effect, too.
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When people ask me what my motivation is, I have a simple answer: money.
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I feel close to people like Jimi Hendrix because I connect with his music. Not the man but what he did.
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When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
