I had posted these quotations on another thread, but they certainly seem appropriate here:
"It's no secret that we were sticking just about every nickel we had on the chance that people would really be interested in something totally new and unique in the field of entertainment."
"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."
"I dream, I test my dreams against my beliefs, I dare to take risks, and I execute my vision to make those dreams come true."
"Youre dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway."
"Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it's done right."
"Disneyland is not just another amusement park. It's unique, and I want it kept that way. Besides, you don't work for a dollar - you work to create and have fun."
"People look at me in many ways. They've said, 'The guy has no regard for money.' That is not true. I have had regard for money. It depends on who's saying that. Some people worship money as something you've got to have piled up in a big pile somewhere. I've only thought about money in one way, and that is to do something with it. I don't think there's a thing I own that I will ever get the benefit of except through doing things with it. I don't even want the dividends from the stock in the studio, because the government's going to take it away. I'd rather have that in (the company) working..."
Many of us just miss this kind of vision.
