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

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

" I started, actually, to make my first animated cartoon in 1920. Of course, they were very crude things then and I used sort of little puppet things. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" If you can dream it, you can do it. "

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

" Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money. "

" 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. "

" I believe in being an innovator. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" We allow no geniuses around our Studio. "

" Disneyland is a show. "

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

" A man should never neglect his family for business. "

" There's nothing funnier than the human animal. "

" 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. "

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

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