Quotes from Walt Disney

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

Forever is a long long time and time has a way of changing things.

I've always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it. Because you never know what will happen.

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have fun- together.

Disneyland is often called a magic kingdom because it combines fantasy and history, adventure and learning, together with every variety of recreation and fun designed to appeal to everyone.

The important thing is the family. If you can keep the family together - and that's the backbone of our whole business, catering to families - that's what we hope to do.

I think what I want Disneyland to be most of all is a happy place - a place where adults and children can experience together some of the wonders of life, of adventure, and feel better because of it.

We love to entertain kings and queens, but at Disneyland, everyone is a V.I.P.

It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment.

Always, as you travel, assimilate the sounds and sights of the world.

Faith. Trust. and Pixie Dust.

The secret of making dreams come true can be summarized in four C's.They are Curiosity, Confidence, Courage, and Constancy; and the greatest of these is Confidence.

Today, we are shapers of the world of tomorrow. That is plain truth. There is no way we can duck the responsibility, and there is no reason why we should.

I have a great love of animals and laughter.

I believe in being an innovator.

Whenever I go on a ride, I'm always thinking of what's wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.

Mickey Mouse popped out of my mind onto a drawing pad 20 years ago on a train ride from Manhattan to Hollywood at a time when business fortunes of my brother Roy and myself were at lowest ebb and disaster seemed right around the corner.

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.

When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

When I started on Disneyland, my wife used to say, "But why do you want to build an amusement park? They're so dirty." I told her that was just the point - mine wouldn't be.

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them.

To be successful you must be unique, you must be so different that if people want what you have, they must come to you to get it.