--- title: "1 Disney company Quotes By Michael Eisner" description: "1 Disney company quotes by Michael Eisner. Plus more from Michael Eisner and more Disney company sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/michael-eisner-11492_big-companies_i-m-not-sure-i-was-a-typical-head-of-a-c_723299.jpg" --- > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/i-m-not-sure-i-was-a-typical-head-of-a-company-most-people-that-run/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/809/michael-eisner-11492_big-companies_i-m-not-sure-i-was-a-typical-head-of-a-c_723299.jpg) ## Other authors on Disney company - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walt-disney-94295.jpg) Walt Disney 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney-company/walt-disney/) ## More by 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/eventually-the-consumer-will-come-to-appreciate-the-editorial-point/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [A brand is a living entity-and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/a-brand-is-a-living-entity-and-it-is-enriched-or-undermined/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [It doesn't matter whether it comes in by cable, telephone lines, computor, or satellite. Everyone's going to have to deal with Disney.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/it-doesn-t-matter-whether-it-comes-in-by-cable-telephone-lines/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [I think when you get inured with the past, you get committed to the past, you stop growing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/i-think-when-you-get-inured-with-the-past-you-get-committed-to-the/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [You just have to make sure the model you're working on does not undersell your product.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/you-just-have-to-make-sure-the-model-you-re-working-on-does-not/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/we-have-no-obligation-to-make-history-we-have-no-obligation-to-make/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [Fear of failure is a far worse condition than failure itself, because it kills off possibilities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/fear-of-failure-is-a-far-worse-condition-than-failure-itself-because/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [To punish failure is yet another way to encourage mediocrity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/to-punish-failure-is-yet-another-way-to-encourage-mediocrity/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/21-years-as-ceo-is-a-long-time-i-was-and-probably-still-am-the/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [You can't succeed unless you've got failure, especially creatively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/you-can-t-succeed-unless-you-ve-got-failure-especially-creatively/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/television-is-very-much-like-the-motion-picture-you-need-high-end/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [Doing stuff that I don't have to talk about because I'm not in a public company is fantastic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/doing-stuff-that-i-don-t-have-to-talk-about-because-i-m-not-in-a/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [I gravitate toward the team thing. I'm not a golfer - I much prefer basketball.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/i-gravitate-toward-the-team-thing-i-m-not-a-golfer-i-much-prefer/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/when-i-read-biographies-i-m-only-interested-in-the-first-few-chapters/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) > [There's no good idea that cannot be improved on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-eisner/there-s-no-good-idea-that-cannot-be-improved-on/) [Michael Eisner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-eisner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disney-company/michael-eisner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Disney company Quotes By Michael Eisner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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