We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us.

We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.

If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.

If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.

There is absolutely nothing special about walking on a rope stretched along the ground. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in a deed accomplished, and therefore no happiness.

Speaking of competition in the fast-food industry. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me.

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.