What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.
BOB IGER
BOB IGER
Bob Iger on optimism
Bob Iger11 quotes“What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.”
More from Bob Iger
Netflix, Amazon, iTunes – whatever platforms emerge – we are looking at as having the same potential that home video had for the movie business.
Bob IgerBob Iger People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
Bob IgerBob Iger 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.
Bob IgerBob Iger If we give people the ability to buy a lot more because they can store a lot more, for a company that creates TV shows and movies, that’s fantastic.
Bob IgerBob Iger The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.
Bob IgerBob Iger Identify what all the issues are & when you find them don’t hide from them.
Bob IgerBob Iger And it’s only the beginning of a new era of exceptional Star Wars storytelling; next year we’ll release our first standalone movie based on these characters, followed by Star Wars: Episode VIII in 2017, and we’ll finish this trilogy with Episode IX in 2019.
Bob IgerBob Iger I had worked at Disney since they bought the company that I had worked for, ABC in the mid-90s.
Bob IgerBob Iger Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.
Bob IgerBob Iger I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.
Bob IgerBob Iger
Original quotes
From our community writers
Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
Meet the writers
More on optimism
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter.
Edward AlbeeEdward Albee Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
Jim ValvanoJim Valvano Rocky’ represents the optimistic side of life, and ‘Rambo’ represents purgatory.
Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone I believe any success in life is made by going into an area with a blind, furious optimism.
Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone Only the really young are fearless, have the optimism, the romanticism to take unimaginable risks.
Olivia WildeOlivia Wilde I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative.
Betty WhiteBetty White Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.
Colin PowellColin Powell Red is a strong, happy, optimistic color, and I like having fun with it, you know? Like, when colors clash – I love that strangeness.
Victoria BeckhamVictoria Beckham