Refurbishment Disney Quotes

Maybe it's not to much to hope that the Disney Company might one day get over its self-imposed fears and finally find its own Laughing Place.
-Floyd Norman
Disney Legend
June 2012 ~ Jim Korkis

thunder should have rumbled in a Robert Mitchum sky that promised far worse before long. I should have seen tree branches whipping. Heard the plash of drops on stone, sprung shutters whapbapbapping. But the gods had decided to turn on the sun and set it in a Spielberg sky with a thumbs-up sign from Disney. Hello to San Francisco, where the party never stops. ~ Reb MacRath

Okay," Cooper says agreeably. "But what if you and Nigel fall in love, and Nigel and I become BFFs, and then you guys get married, and Nigel wants me to be the best man, and you and I have to talk about the wedding plans?"
"That would never happen, because since Nigel would be so in love with me, he would have dumped you as a BFF as soon as we got engaged and/or told you you were not allowed to be best man at our wedding, per my wishes."
"Yes, but - "
"Wait a minute," I say. "Did you just say 'BFF'?"
"Yes," he says. He looks at me and shrugs. "I've been watching a lot of Disney Channel. ~ Lauren Barnholdt

And it was true that if you categorized people by which Disney character they were, then Jonah would always be Bambi. Motherless, graceful, unobtrusive. Ethan
Jiminy Cricket, the annoying little conscience ... just look at Ash. In the Disney hierarchy she was Snow White ... He paused to wonder which Disney character Jules was, and realized that Disney did not make women or girls or woodland animals that were like her. ~ Meg Wolitzer

The Tri-Circle-D Ranch at the Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground at Walt Disney World is now the home for the famous Dragon Calliope. It can be viewed by guests and it is free to do so. It is even rigged so that by pushing a button, it briefly plays a tune. ~ Jim Korkis

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

I want to be commercial, so imagine Disney people mixed with underground techno people ... mixed with sass. An example of an underground techno person would be that French artist Yelle. She's all in French, so I can't understand a word she's saying, but her beats are really cool, and that's something that I want to do ... but mix Disney in there, and that's what I want. ~ Mark Indelicato

Coffee beans are at their peak flavor for fourteen days from the roaster. Beyond that, they should be stored consistently below 0C/32F, ideally near the temperature where Walt Disney is kept. ~ Kevin Sinnott

Walt Disney always said, 'For every laugh, there should be a tear.' I believe in that. ~ John Lasseter

Good bye may seem forever. Farewell is like the end, but in my heart is the memory and there you will always be. ~ Walt Disney Company

Walt Disney and I always said we were two children looking for our inner adults. ~ Dick Van Dyke

I collect action figures, mostly. I have a Batman room, with just Batman stuff, and I have a Disney collection. ~ Jason Marsden

I have a 6-year-old, and his thing is to turn on Radio Disney in the car, and I get such an allergic reaction to listening to that music and the context into which it falls. I'm really working on him about that. ~ Aimee Mann

Anna: Ash, I don't have anything planned with my Mother ... She's dead.
Ashley: What?
Anna: She died when I was seven. She drowned. It's just my Dad and me. I didn't tell you before because I just wanted a fresh start here, because before I moved, everybody knew about it and ... I'm sorry.
Ashley: ... You're like a Disney Princess! ~ Jessi Kirby

Disney cartoons are all rated G. It's really funny. There are kids all over the world who still have complexes over Bambi's father getting shot by the hunter and Bambi's mother getting crisped. But that's the way it's always been. This is the sort of material that appeals to kids. Kids understand it instinctively. They grip it. ~ Stephen King

The human species, although happily ridiculous at times, is still reaching for the stars. ~ Walt Disney

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

Once, when cornered by a pinwheel-eyed man who insisted that the mayor of Los Angeles was not human but a robot controlled by the audioanimatronics department at Disneyland, Joe had lowered his voice and said, with nervous sincerity, "Yes, we've known about that for years. But if we print a word of it, the people at Disney will kill us all." He had spoken with such conviction that the nutball had exploded backward and fled. ~ Dean Koontz

Just get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large nomadic families who have been trying to find their cars since the Carter administration. ~ Dave Barry

You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems. ~ Walt Disney Company

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

I believe in being a motivator! ~ Walt Disney Company

Coming from The Disney Channel, anything I do is going to offend somehow, somewhere, somehow. ~ Brenda Song

Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America. ~ Walt Disney

I think it's important to have a good hard failure when you're young. I learned a lot out of that. Because it makes you kind of aware of what can happen to you. Because of it I've never had any fear in my whole life when we've been near collapse and all of that. I've never been afraid. I've never had the feeling I couldn't walk out and get a job doing something. ~ Walt Disney Company

Best friends stick together. ~ Mickey Mouse

We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises. ~ Bob Iger

Mickey was simply a little personality assigned to the purposes of laughter. ~ Walt Disney

I've got Disney blood running through my veins. ~ John Lasseter

You don't build it for yourself. You know what the people want and you build it for them. ~ Walt Disney

It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since. ~ Jack Zipes

It's the interaction between those characters that really makes that movie as special as it is, and I'm proud to say, as you probably know, it was the highest grossing film of 2012, it's the highest grossing film that Walt Disney has ever put out, and it's the third highest grossing film ever, in the world. ~ Jeph Loeb

As a young cartoonist, Walt Disney faced many rejections from newspaper editors who said he had no talent. One day a minister at a church hired him to draw some cartoons. Disney was working out of a small rodent-infested shed near the church. Seeing a small mouse inspired him to draw a new cartoon. That was the start of Mickey Mouse. ~ Shiv Khera

We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand. ~ Bob Iger

Okay, so how does this work exactly?" I ask as we walk toward his car. "Do we float down the bayou in rowboat while little critters sing 'Kiss the Girl'. ~ Colleen Hoover

I don't know if it's art, but I know I like it. ~ Walt Disney

Money-or rather the lack of it to carry out my ideas-may worry me, but it does not excite me. ~ Walt Disney

I'm a total Disney freak. I want to live in Disney World. ~ R.L. Stine

If people are upset because you've forgotten something, console them by letting them know you didn't forget - you just weren't remembering."
- Winnie the Pooh ~ Walt Disney Company

Enthusiasm and optimism together. He was enthusiastic about everything. He never thought anything would turn out badly.
----Lillian Disney (on Walt) ~ Marcy Carriker Smothers

Disney world is an armpit,compared to Montana!! ~ Carl Hiaasen

You know in that moment of Disney when Ariel gets legs for the first time? I felt like that. I was like, 'I've got legs.' ~ Carly Rae Jepsen

People used to laugh that academics would study Disney movies. There's nothing more important for academics to study, because they shape the minds of our children possibly more than any single thing. ~ Joss Whedon

After many decades of Disney movies, we have been conditioned to expect princesses to fall in love quickly with their charming princes and 'live happily ever after.' ~ Mohamed El-Erian