I saw opportunity appear in an ugly six-spindle shake machine ... and grabbed it.

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

As long as you're green, you're growing. As soon as you're ripe, you start to rot.

We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it.

While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.

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.

Achievement must be made against the possibility of failure, against the risk of defeat. It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor. Where there is no risk, there can be no pride in achievement and, consequently, no happiness. The only way we can advance is by going forward, individually and collectively, in the spirit of the pioneer. We must take the risks involved in our free enterprise system. This is the only way in the world to economic freedom. There is no other way.