Quotes by Michael Eisner

• Well, when you're trying to create things that are new, you have to be prepared to be on the edge of risk.
• Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.
• We cannot escape that Hollywood is in the middle of a wave of technological change. The current angst over all the implications of new entertainment technology is nothing new.
• There's no good idea that can't be improved on.
• If you're soft and fuzzy, like our little characters, you become the skinny kid on the beach, and people in this business don't mind kicking sand in your face.
• If it's not growing, it's going to die.
• My strength is coming up with two outs in the last of the ninth.
• It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.
• A company that pays attention to the family unit is a successful company. We don't isolate the family. We don't make rides that say, 'Hey mom, dad, you go sit on the bench.'
• Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.