Occupation: Businessman Birth: October 5, 1902 Death: January 14, 1984
If I had a brick for every time I’ve repeated the phrase Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value, I think I’d probably be able to bridge the Atlantic….
I guess to be an entrepreneur you have to have a large ego, enormous pride and an ability to inspire others to follow your lead..
I put the hamburger on the assembly line..
Luck is a dividend of sweat..
When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?.
I was never much of a reader when I was a boy. Books bored me. I liked action. But I spent a lot of time thinking about things. I'd imagine all kinds….
I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems..
If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water..
I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed..
We provide food that customers love, day after day after day. People just want more of it..
If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business..
We have an obligation to give something back to the community that gives so much to us..
McDonald's is a people business, and that smile on that counter girl's face when she takes your order is a vital part of our image..
No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client..
I don't believe in saturation. We're thinking and talking worldwide..
When you're green, your growing. When you're ripe, you rot..
If you believe in it, and you believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail..
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 fl….
Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday..
You're only as good as the people you hire..
It requires a certain kind of mind to see beauty in a hamburger bun..