Walt Disney

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse it's because he's so human, and that is the secret of his popularity.

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

I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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

You reach a point where you don't work for money.

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

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.

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.

Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.

We allow no geniuses around our Studio.

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

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

Disneyland is a show.

All cartoon characters and fables must be exaggeration caricatures. It is the very nature of fantasy and fable.

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

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