I believe in God, family, and McDonald’s. And in the office, that order is reversed.
RAY KROCAre you green and growing or ripe and rotting?
More Ray Kroc Quotes
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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 of situations and how I would handle them.
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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.
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Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald’s. Everything else was secondary for me.
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In my experience, good executives don’t make mistakes.
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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 Ocean with them.
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No self-respecting pitcher throws the same way to every batter and no self-respecting salesman makes the same pitch to every client.
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I suffer with you. I’ve never seen such stupid ballplaying in all my life!
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Tomorrow at sunrise I shall no longer be here.
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All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.
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To an old leader will be born an idiot heir, weak both in knowledge and in war.
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I wasn’t prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think.
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Nothing in the world can one imagine beforehand,not the least thing,everything is made up of so many unique particulars that cannot be forseen.
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I HAVE ALWAYS believed that each man makes his own happiness and is responsible for his own problems.
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There are things money can’t buy and hard work can’t win. One of them is happiness.
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That’s the name of the game. Pleasing the customer. If we ever lose sight of that fact, we’ve lost the ball game.
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