I was sixty-six years old. I still had to make a living. I looked at my social security check of 105 dollars and decided to use that to try to franchise my chicken recipe. Folks had always liked my chicken.
COLONEL SANDERSYou got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it – because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don’t you see?
More Colonel Sanders Quotes
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I’ve read hundreds of cookbooks. For my money, they are the bird.
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I’ve read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don’t even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake biscuits or an apple pie.
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People are just like farm equipment. They rust out quicker than they wear out.
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The food I’ve liked in my time is American country cookin’.
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I just say the moral out of my life is don’t quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn’t come in yet. Mine hadn’t.
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Work is the basis of living. I’ll never retire. A man’ll rust out quicker than he’ll wear out.
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I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.
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Scientists are a bunch of romantics.
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My life isn’t over and I’m not going to sit in a rocking chair and take money from the government.
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There’s no reason to be the richest man in the cemetery. You can’t do any business from there.
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One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.
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I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.
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I’ve only had two rules. Do all you can and do it the best you can. It’s the only way you ever get that feeling of accomplishing something.
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To me, my recipes are priceless.
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Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.
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