It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. Michael Eisner More Quotes by Michael Eisner More Quotes From Michael Eisner User-generated content is not done by professionals. The best user-generated content eventually becomes those people gravitated in the professional world. Michael Eisner done people world 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. Michael Eisner creativity dream heart To this day, I fondly recall the challenges of building a fire, pitching a tent, climbing a New England mountain, canoeing on a lake. Camp songs still resonate inside me. Competition exists at Keewaydin, of course, but nobody fails summer camp, a nice respite from winters of fortune and misfortune at school. Michael Eisner nice summer song A decision will be made before it's too late or soon thereafter. Michael Eisner decision made too-late I don't think individual achievement in business is the most meaningful way for it to operate. Michael Eisner achievement meaningful thinking My best idea was to not accept my wife's negative reaction when I asked her to marry me. Michael Eisner wife negative ideas 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 more modest means. Michael Eisner odds successful mean Privacy laws are our biggest impediment to us obtaining our objectives. Michael Eisner obtaining privacy law I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken every comparative-religion course that was available. God? I have no idea. Michael Eisner taken college school The only thing that gives [new technology] purpose is the kind of creative content we all produce. Michael Eisner technology creative giving 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 media america years I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball. Michael Eisner golfers team basketball Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic. Michael Eisner fantastic company stuff Television is very much like the motion picture; you need high-end product that will first go on broadcast or cable and eventually on the Internet, and then the lifespan of this content being distributed worldwide. Michael Eisner goes-on television needs You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively. Michael Eisner succeed failure Creativity can flourish within sensible financial limitations. Michael Eisner creativity financial sensible Nobody has a bigger cult than Warren Buffett. Michael Eisner buffett warren-buffet bigger Graduate school is a place to hide for a couple of years. Michael Eisner couple years school 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 background-noise appreciate views 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 strong years thinking