Famous quotes by Cartoonists

"All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them"

"A man should never neglect his family for business"

"I just became one with my browser software"

"I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it"

"Mickey Mouse is, to me, a symbol of independence. He was a means to an end"

"Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal"

"You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you"

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

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

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

"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"

"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 disaster seemed right around the corner"

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

"The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique"

"I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous"

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

"I do not like to repeat successes, I like to go on to other things"

"I believe in being an innovator"

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

"I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter"

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

"Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role"

"Disneyland is a show"

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

"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"

"Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals"

"Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation"

"All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you"

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

"When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do"