The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

For us to grow globally, it's not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.

I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn't very good at it.

I don't want to sound too critical, but we're taking a wait-and-see approach on UltraViolet.

I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.

I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

I think it is important for people who are given leadership roles to assume that role immediately.

I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

I'm committed to increasing long-term value for shareholders and am confident we will continue to do so through the successful execution of our core strategic priorities: the creation of high quality, branded content and experiences, the use of technology, and creating growth in numerous and exciting international markets.

I'm privileged and grateful to lead The Walt Disney Company and our talented, dedicated team at this exciting time.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

Netflix, Amazon, iTunes - whatever platforms emerge - we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business. Which means there are entirely new opportunities to monetize our capital investment in content and do so in ways that work for distributors, for consumers and for creators.

People don't like to follow pessimists.

People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.

People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

We have a unique opportunity as Disney because it really is the only true global entertainment brand.

What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

I love voiceover work.

Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon, what it means to you.

People recognise me and come up to me sometimes, but I'm not like George Clooney.

To understand the future of technology, we need to begin with one fundamental truth: Technology is natural.

I am a hard-news journalist. That is what I do.

Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten.

My vision for a better Rhode Island starts with a simple idea - we are all in this together.

The slaves had food stamps, too. It was called 'scraps from Massa's table.'

I dreamt of being an actor ever since I was young.

One with the courage to laugh is master of the world.

My first introduction to African music was by my mother, who bought the 'Pata Pata' album by the great Miriam Makeba when it came out. Now that is an album. What a voice.

The desire for gold is the most universal and deeply rooted commercial instinct of the human race.

The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight.

When two kids are being completely berserk, and they're naked and throwing food around, sometimes I just let it go because I can see a future where they're going to be dressed, and they're going to be at school. So I kind of let stuff go sometimes.

I became obsessed watching fashion TV shows when I was a teenager and recognized that I had the height and body frame. I especially became hooked when I saw on 'E! True Hollywood Story' how much a model can make and how I can achieve a better living for my family and me.

Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

Goals are discovered not made.

Mediocrity is underrated.

The best food is in Chicago. There are great restaurants everywhere, from fancy places to burger joints.

I like photography as a recording device. It's the best possible two-dimensional representation of 3D living things that we have.

I feel like I just have such the blood and bones of a New Yorker that I can almost imagine better, like, giving up the fight and not being able to afford the city and going out West, keeping a small place here, and then when I'm like 80, coming back here, living on the park and going to the theater.