He [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…

Quote by Walt Disney

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A man should never neglect his family for business.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of...

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of...

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

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

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

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

I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were...

I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were...

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to...

I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn't know how to...

Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse. The fable is the...

Sheer animated fantasy is still my first and deepest production impulse. The fable is the...

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.

To believe in men is the first step toward helping them

To believe in men is the first step toward helping them

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the...

When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the...

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was...

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was...

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood...

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood...

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a...

I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a...

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to...

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to...

If you can dream it, you can do it.

If you can dream it, you can do it.

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And,...

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And,...

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for...

Better never to have met you in my dream than to wake and reach for...

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment

Love doesn't hurt, loving the wrong person does.

Love doesn't hurt, loving the wrong person does.