Author: Michael Eisner

Quotes

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

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

- Michael Eisner

I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.

I find that, once you get into a position where you can afford a pair of shoes and a decent level of living, success in itself is empty.

- 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.'

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

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.

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.

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

- Michael Eisner

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

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

- 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.

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.

- 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.

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

Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.

Over time, the product we produce has been consistently successful here in America and around the world. Apparently, we are doing something right.

- Michael Eisner

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