"Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly."
Walt Disney
Animator, Film Producer
Walt Disney was a pioneering animator and filmmaker, known for creating iconic characters and founding Disneyland, revolutionizing family entertainment.
- Born
- December 5, 1901
- Died
- December 15, 1966
- Quotes
- 395
- Rank
- #295
Quote collection
Walt Disney quotes (page 15 of 20)
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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."
"I'm just corny enough to like to have a story hit me over the heart."
"It's silly to build a wall around your interests."
"All individuals are different. Some of us just wouldn't be satisfied with just carrying out a routine job and being happy."
"Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter."
"Animals have personalities like people and must be studied."
"The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars."
"I happen to be kind of an inquisitive guy and when I see things I don't like, I start thinking, why do they have to be like this and how can I improve them?"
"I believe in being an innovator."
"Why would I want to be president? I'm the king of Disneyland."
"The era we are living in today is a dream of coming true."
"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."
"My fun is working on a project and solving the problems."
"No one person can take credit for the success of a motion picture. It's strictly a team effort. From the time the story is written to the time the final release print comes off the printer, hundreds of people are involved - each one doing a job - each job contributing to the final product."
"We dance, we kiss, we schmooze, we carry on, we go home happy. What do you say? Come on."
"Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what outside, but what is inside that counts."
"Over at our place, we’re sure of just one thing: everybody in the world was once a child. So in planning a new picture, we don’t think of grown-ups, and we don’t think of children. But just of that fine, clean, unspoiled spot down deep in every one of us, that maybe the world has made us forget."
"My imagination creates my reality."
"I think of a child's mind as a blank book. During the first years of his life, much will be written on the pages. The quality of that writing will affect his life profoundly."