“If you make something good, eventually the audience will be there, eventually there will be something on the Internet that is a cultural phenomenon that's not available anywhere else, that's not available on television broadcasts, that's not on cable, it's only on some Web site. And the world will find it. And when that happens, it will be what the 'kiss' was to the theatrical movie business, 5,000 years ago or whenever it was.” IfsWorldYearsHappensAudienceTelevisionInternetKissingYears AgoAvailablePhenomenonSiteCablesTheatricalMovie Business Author:Michael Eisner
“We all know that the Disney brand is our most valuable asset. It is the sum total of our seventy-five years in business, of our reputation, of everything that we stand for.” KnowsYearsFiveValuableReputationBrandsFive YearsAssetsSeventies Author:Michael Eisner
“I remember the first time we stood in this spot. We were on the deck of a boat in the middle of what was then Penny's Bay, envisioning what could be, what would be, what will be. Six years later, through our dream partnership with Hong Kong government, the creative dream is now a reality. Hong Kong Disneyland stands before us as a living symbol of the creativity and imagination that are the heart and soul of Disney.” YearsFirstsHeartSoulDreamRealityGovernmentWould BeRememberImaginationCreativityCreativeMiddleSixFirst TimeBoatSpotsSymbolsPartnershipOur DreamsPenniesHeart And SoulDeckDisneylandHong KongImagination And CreativityEnvisioning Author:Michael Eisner
“Years later, I found myself running a network television division and then a movie studio and now an entire entertainment company. But, much of the success I've achieved can be traced to the direct and metaphorical lessons I learned in building those campfires. I can hardly think of an aspect of my life that wasn't positively affected by my camping experience.” ThinkingYearsI CanRunningFoundCompanyTelevisionBuildingLessonsAspectDirectEntertainmentStudiosAffectedDivisionPositivelyCampingMetaphoricalCampfire Author:Michael Eisner
“Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years.” YearsSchoolCoupleGraduatesGraduate School Author:Michael Eisner
“Many people you think are individual achievers in fact have either a strong spousal partner over many years or a business partner who's either in the background, not given enough publicity or less egocentric.” PeopleThinkingYearsEnoughFactsIndividualStrongGivenPartnersBackgroundsPublicityEgocentricAchieverBusiness Partners Author:Michael Eisner
“21 years as CEO is a long time. I was and probably still am the longest serving CEO in America. Certainly I am in the media industry, bar none.” YearsLongStillsAmericaMediaIndustryLong TimeBarsServingCeo Author:Michael Eisner