Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disneywas an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer he received 22 Academy Awards from 59 nominations and has won more individual Oscars than anyone else. He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and one Emmy Award, among other honors. Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth5 December 1901
CityChicago, IL
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them
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.
Let your heart guide you...it whispers so listen closely.
If you can dream it, you can do it. Always remember this whole thing was started by a mouse.
You know, you're just not supposed to be hitting a flip wedge into that hole,
Heigh ho, heigh ho! / It's off to work we go.
There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates loot on Treasure Island and best of all, you can enjoy these riches every day of your life.
There is great comfort and inspiration in the feeling of close human relationships and its bearing on our mutual fortunes - a powerful force, to overcome the "tough breaks" which are certain to come to most of us from time to time
Girls bored me, they still do. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known.
You can dream, create, design and build the most wonderful place in the world, but it requires people to make the dream a reality.
Laughter is America's most important export.
Mickey's a nice fellow who never does anyone any harm, who gets into scrapes through no fault of his own but always manages to come up grinning.
There is nothing wrong with good schmaltz, nothing wrong with good heart... The critics think I'm kind of corny. Well, I am corny. As long as people respond to it, I'm okay.
When you go to bat as many times as I do, you're bound to get a good average. That's why I keep my projects diversified.