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.

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

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

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

When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot.

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

Visions of McDonald's restaurants dotting crossroads all over the country paraded through my brain. I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide.