Those earrings were bought with blood money and given to her by a murderer, she has no business wearing them. Michael Eisner More Quotes by Michael Eisner More Quotes From Michael Eisner We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement. To make money is our only objective. Michael Eisner money business art It is rare to find a business partner who is selfless. If you are lucky it happens once in a lifetime. Michael Eisner selfless good-luck lucky A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures. Michael Eisner small-gestures entity consciousness There's no good idea that cannot be improved on. Michael Eisner innovation growth ideas To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity. Michael Eisner another-way mediocrity way It doesn't matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone lines, computor, or satellite. Everyone's going to have to deal with Disney. Michael Eisner one-line lines matter Years later, I found myself running Michael Eisner running years thinking You either play by the rules, change the rules, or get out, altogether. Michael Eisner baseball play Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities. Michael Eisner fear-of-failure conditions possibility The whole business starts with ideas, and we're convinced that ideas come out of an environment of supportive conflict, which is synonymous with appropriate friction. Michael Eisner supportive conflict ideas 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. Michael Eisner kissing television years Content has always driven the business. Now it's no longer the queen to a king of distribution; it is the king, king, king, because the consumer has complete choice. Michael Eisner queens choices kings I'm not sure I was a typical head of a company. Most people that run big companies come out of sales and they come out of marketing and they're quite serious and they have MBA's from very good schools and things like that. I'm an accidental CEO, thank the Disney Company. Michael Eisner mba running school 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. Michael Eisner reputation assets years Sometimes you have to be worn out and burnt out to become authentic and original. Michael Eisner originality worn sometimes Recovering from failure is often easier than building from success. Michael Eisner success motivational inspirational Management is not a science, it is an art. Michael Eisner management art Failure is good as long as it does not become a habit. Michael Eisner habit doe long I always went into an area that was in last place, with a philosophy, 'You can't fall off the floor.' And I was lucky, was at the right time and the right place, with the right ideas, and each one of these areas became number one. Michael Eisner positive philosophy fall 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 innovation risk trying
