It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun. Yet is it any more unusual to find grace in the texture and softly carved silhouette of a bun than to reflect lovingly on the hackles of a fishing fly? Or the arrangements and textures on a butterfly's wing? Not if you are a McDonalds's man.

If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call this an industry. This is not. This is rat eat rat, dog eat dog. I'll kill 'em, and I'm going to kill 'em before they kill me. You're talking about the American way - of survival of the fittest.

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

I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.

You're only as good as the people you hire.

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

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.