Quotes by Michael Eisner

About Michael Eisner:

Michael Dammann Eisner is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Company from 1984 until 2005.
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My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me.

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.

Michael Eisner

If it's not growing, it's going to die.

Michael Eisner

Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.

Michael Eisner

You just have to make sure the model you're working on does not undersell your product.

Michael Eisner

There's a fine line between what would characterize you as a troglodyte and what would characterize you as a brilliant, avant-garde, forward-thinking genius. There's some middle ground.

Michael Eisner

When I read biographies, I'm only interested in the first few chapters. I'm not interested in when people become successful. I'm interested in what made them successful.

Michael Eisner

Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years.

Michael Eisner

I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.

Michael Eisner

The odds of being successful are the same for every group that is educated in America. It's just that the group that is not wealthy is 95 percent of the population. So if there are 100 successful people in a room, probably 95 out of 100 came from mor...

Michael Eisner

Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background noise.

Michael Eisner

Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett.

Michael Eisner

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.

Michael Eisner

Succeeding is not really a life experience that does that much good. Failing is a much more sobering and enlightening experience.

Michael Eisner

It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime.

Michael Eisner

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.

Michael Eisner

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

Michael Eisner

I don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate.

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.

Michael Eisner

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.'

Michael Eisner

Author Bio

  • NameMichael Eisner
  • DescriptionCEO of The Walt Disney Company
  • BornMarch 7, 1942
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Businessperson