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.

I put the hamburger on the assembly line.

I like to get people fired up, fill them with zeal for McDonald's, and watch the results in their work.

It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun.

Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.

In my experience, good executives don't make mistakes.

I wasn't prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.