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Walt Disney Quotes - Page 5

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Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and

Landscapes of great wonder and beauty lie under our feet and all around us. They are discovered in tunnels in the ground, the heart of flowers, the hollows of trees, fresh-water ponds, seaweed jungles between tides, and even drops of water. Life in these hidden worlds is more startling in reality than anything we can imagine. How could this earth of ours, which is only a speck in the heavens, have so much variety of life, so many curious and exciting creatures?

Nature, Lying, Flower

Disneyland is like Alice stepping through the Looking Glass; to step through the portals of Disneyland will be like entering another world.

Glasses, Entrepreneur, Cartoon

Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource - the minds of our children.

Life, Children, Mind

Disneyland will always be building and growing and adding new things... new ways of having fun, of learning things, and sharing the many exciting adventures which may be experienced here in the company of family and friends.

Fun, Adventure, Family And Friends

We are not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other company.

Fashion, Technique, Influence

"Walt Disney : Conversations". Book by Kathy Merlock Jackson, 2006.

When we do fantasy, we must not lose sight of reality.

Dream, Reality, Sight

"Be Our Guest: Perfecting the Art of Customer Service". Book by Theodore B. Kinni, 2001.

I function better when things are going badly than when they're as smooth as whipped cream.

Smooth, Whipped Cream, Function

We don't make movies to make money, we make money to make more movies.

Movie, Inspiring, Business

Money doesn't excite me - my ideas excite me.

Life, Business, Ideas

Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.11, Univ. Press of Mississippi

There's really no secret about our approach. We keep moving forward - opening up new doors and doing new things - because we're curious. And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths. We're always exploring and experimenting. We call it Imagineering - the blending of creative and imagination with technical know-how.

Moving Forward, Opening Up, Doors

Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows.

Life, Parenting, Light

Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.54, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Until a character becomes a personality it cannot be believed. Without personality, the character may do funny or interesting things, but unless people are able to identify themselves with the character, its actions will seem unreal. And without personality, a story cannot ring true to the audience.

Character, Interesting, People

"Seven Minutes : The Life and Death of the American Animated Cartoon". Book by Norman M. Klein, 1998.

Many hands and hearts and minds generally contribute to anyone's notable achievements.

Success, Heart, Impact

I've always been bored with just making money. I've wanted to do things; I wanted to build things, to get something going. What money meant to me was that I was able to get money to do that for me.

Bored, Able, Get Money

Do what you do so well that those who see you do what you do are going to come back to see you do it again and tell others that they should see you do what you do.

Should, Wells

We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.

Fun, Views, Giving

"The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust". Book by Mark I. Pinsky, 2004.

Tomorrow can be a wonderful age.

Age, Tomorrow, Wonderful

I believe firmly in the efficacy of religion, in its powerful influence on a person's whole life. It helps immeasurably to meet the storms and stress of life and keep you attuned to the Divine inspiration. Without inspiration, we would perish.

Powerful, Stress, Believe

"How to Be Like Walt: Capturing the Magic Every Day of Your Life". Book by Pat Williams and Jim Denney, August 1, 2004.

Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. It makes us reflect how completely dependent we are upon one another in our social and commercial life. The more diversified our labors and interests have become in the modern world, the more surely need to integrate our efforts to justify our individual selves and our civilization.

Teamwork, Mean, Self

Never put business before family.

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

Family, Children, Fun

Disneyland is like a piece of clay: If there is something I don't like, I'm not stuck with it. I can reshape and revamp.

Clay, Pieces, Stuck

"The Quotable Walt Disney". Book by Disney Book Group, 2001.

Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!

World, Fancy, Fame

c.1966 Comment to his wife during his last illness. Quoted in Leonard Mosley Disney's World (1985).

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.

Believe, Kids, Opportunity

Walt Disney, Kathy Merlock Jackson (2006). “Walt Disney: Conversations”, p.137, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Or heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

Children, Learning, Ideas

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