Walt Disney Quotes
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To me, today, at age sixty-one, all prayer, by the humble or highly placed, has one thing in common: supplication for strength and inspiration to carry on the best human impulses which should bind us together for a better world.
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Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.
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As the original 'Mary Poppins' budget of five million dollars continued to grow, I never saw a sad face around the entire Studio. And this made me nervous. I knew the picture would have to gross 10 million dollars for us to break even. But still there was no negative head-shaking. No prophets of doom. Even Roy was happy. He didn't even ask me to show the unfinished picture to a banker. The horrible thought struck me - suppose the staff had finally conceded that I knew what I was doing.
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The fun is in always building something. After it's built, you play with it awhile and then you're through. You see, we never do the same thing twice around here. We're always opening up new doors.
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Adults are only kids grown up.
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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.
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I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty.
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To the youngsters of today, I say believe in the future, the world is getting better; there still is plenty of opportunity. Why, would you believe it, when I was a kid I thought it was already too late for me to make good at anything.
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I believe in being an innovator.
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Just remember, it all started with a mouse.
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I have long felt that the way to keep children out of trouble is to keep them interested in things.
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I don't pretend to know anything about art. I make pictures for entertainment, and then the professors tell me what they mean.
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There is a natural hootchy-kootchy motion to a goldfish.
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The four Cs of making dreams come true: Curiosity, Courage, Consistency, Confidence.
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Disneyland really began when my two daughters were very young. Saturday was always Daddy's Day and I would take them to the merry-go-round, and sit on a bench eating peanuts while they rode. And sitting there alone, I felt there should be something built, some kind of family park where parents and children could have fun together.
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Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.
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Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.
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There are fashions in reading, even in thinking. You don't have to follow them unless you want to. On the other hand, watch out. Don't stick too closely to your favorite subject. That would keep you from adventuring into other fields. It's silly to build a wall around your interests.
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Many of the things that seem impossible now will become realities tomorrow.
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Believe in your dreams, no matter how impossible they seem.
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Everything that matters to we can work out as expected, in the event that we have the strength to seek after them.
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To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes.
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I first saw the site for Disneyland back in 1953, In those days it was all flat land - no rivers, no mountains, no castles or rocket ships - just orange groves, and a few acres of walnut trees.
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If I haven't thought about six impossible things before breakfast, I consider the day wasted.