I'd say it's been my biggest problem all my life... it's money. It takes a lot of money to make these dreams come true.

I believe in being an innovator.

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

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

I don't like to repeat success, I like to go on to other things.

There's nothing funnier than the human animal.

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.

Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

Laughter is America's most important export.

I don't like formal gardens. I like wild nature. It's just the wilderness instinct in me, I guess.

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

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

A man should never neglect his family for business.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

When you believe in a thing, believe in it all the way, implicitly and unquestionable.

I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

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

Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.

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

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

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

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. 

It's kind of fun to do the impossible.

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

We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we are curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.