“These people who are always briskly doing something and as busy as waltzing mice, they have little, sharp, staccato ideas, such as: "I see where I can make an annual cut of $3.47 in my meat budget." But they have no slow, big ideas.” PeopleThinkingLittlesI CanIdeasBigsCuttingBusyBudgetsMeatMiceAnnualsBig Ideas Book:If You Want to Write Source: If You Want to Write
“Born of necessity, the little fellow literally freed us of immediate worry. He provided the means for expanding our organization to its present dimensions and for extending the medium of cartoon animation toward new entertainment levels. He spelled production liberation for us.” MeanLittlesBornLevelsWorryOrganizationFellowsProductionsEntertainmentMediumsLiberationDimensionsMiceCartoonExpandingAnimationExtendingDisney Animation Author:Walt Disney
“We felt that the public, and especially the children, like animals that are cute and little. I think we are rather indebted to Charlie Chaplin for the idea. We wanted something appealing, and we thought of a tiny bit of a mouse that would have something of the wistfulness of Chaplin - a little fellow trying to do the best he could.” ThinkingTryingChildrenLittlesIdeasWantedFeltBitsAnimalFellowsTinyCuteMiceDo The BestCharlieIndebtedChaplinWistfulness Author:Walt Disney
“The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. It is understandable that I should have sentimental attachment for the little personage who played so big a part in the course of Disney Productions and has been so happily accepted as an amusing friend wherever films are shown around the world. He still speaks for me and I still speak for him.” WorldShouldLittlesHas BeensStillsBigsFilmCoursesSpeakMy OwnShould HaveBoundsProductionsAcceptedAround The WorldAttachmentVentureMiceSentimentalAmusingMickeyProfessional LifePersonal And Professional Life Author:Walt Disney
“A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic. They make frantic efforts to bar our thoughts and words; they are afraid of the workings of the human mind.” MindHumansLittlesRoomsEffortBarsThrownHuman MindPanicMiceOur ThoughtsFranticThoughts And Words Book:War speeches Source: War speeches
“I was Minnie Mouse for Halloween, every year when I was little. Then, I had the Cinderella nightgown, when I was really little, that I begged my mother to wear to school. I was also Snow White a lot.” YearsLittlesSchoolMotherWhiteSnowMiceHalloweenSnow WhiteMinnieMinnie Mouse Author:Sarah Silverman
“I know so well what becomes of unmarried women who aren't prepared to occupy a position. I've seen such pitiful cases in the South barely tolerated spinsters living upon the grudging patronage of sister's husband or brother's wife! stuck away in some little mouse-trap of a room encouraged by one in-law to visit another little birdlike women without any nest eating the crust of humility all their life! Is that the future that we've mapped out for ourselves?” KnowsWellsLittlesLawLife IsRoomsCasesWifePositionHumilityBrotherHusbandEatingPreparedSouthStuckTrapsMiceNestsIn-lawsPitifulUnmarriedMarried WomenPatronageSpinstersMouse Traps Book:The Glass Menagerie Source: The Glass Menagerie