Walt Disney

Walt Disney (1901-1966)

• "You can dream it, you can do it."

• "It's kind of fun to do the impossible."

• "Fantasy, if it's really convincing, can't become dated for the simple reason that it represents a flight into a dimension that lies beyond the reach of time."

• "Fantasy, when properly done in the one medium best adapted to its nature, need never stale for the family taste."

• "I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known."

• "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse."

• "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world."

• "We are not trying to entertain the critics. I'll take my chances with the public."

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

• "We allow no geniuses around our Studio."

• "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."

• "Laughter is America's most important export."

• "I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to get along without it."

• "A man should never neglect his family for business."

• "When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do. And one thing it takes to accomplish something is courage."

• "People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph."

• "You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."

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

• "For every laugh, there should be a tear."