Customers tend to avoid a restaurant that's going aswamp in its own sludge.

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.

It's easy to have principles when you're rich. The important thing is to have principles when you're poor.

Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

The two most important requirements for major success are: first, being in the right place at the right time, and second, doing something about it.

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands.