"Nearly everybody gets twitterpated in the springtime. [. . . ] You begin to get weak in the knees. Your head's in a whirl. And then you feel light as a feather, and before you know it, you're walking on air. And then you know what? You're knocked for a loop, and you completely lose your head!"
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 19 of 20)
395 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"In our animation we must show only the actions and reactions of a character, but we must picture also with the action. . . the feeling of those characters."
"You can't just let nature run wild."
"Now when we opened Disneyland, outer space was Buck Rogers."
"When you go to bat as many times as I do, you're bound to get a good average. That's why I keep my projects diversified."
"I thank God and America for the right to live and raise my family under the flag of tolerance, democracy and freedom."
"Movies are a medium of expression like a symphony orchestra...or a painter's brush and canvas."
"If watching is all you're going to do, then you're going to watch your life go by without you."
"I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life. And I did, and it's great."
"Every man is captain of his career and there must be cooperation all around if he is to get what he wants out of life."
"I believe in being a modivator."
"Moving pictures can be and will be new and fresh and exciting as long as there are ideas and talent in the world."
"It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child."
"There's nothing funnier than the human animal."
"If I depended on critics and children to make a living I'd grow broke."
"I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going."
"To some people, I am a kind of Merlin who takes lots of crazy chances, but rarely makes mistakes."
"You're flying Buzz! No Woody we're falling in style!"
"There is nothing wrong with good schmaltz, nothing wrong with good heart... The critics think I'm kind of corny. Well, I am corny. As long as people respond to it, I'm okay."
"My business is making people, especially children, happy. I have dedicated much of my time to a study of the problems of children."