Ray Kroc Quotes - Page 2

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• Happiness is not a tangible thing, it's a byproduct - a byproduct of achievement.

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  Achievement, Tangible

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• When times are bad is when you want to build! Why wait for things to pick up so everything will cost more?

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  Waiting, Cost, Want

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.122, St. Martin's Griffin

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• 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.

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  Girl, Mcdonalds, Order

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.139, St. Martin's Griffin

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• You must perfect every fundamental of your business if you expect it to perform well.

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  Perfect, Fundamentals, Wells

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.81, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Take calculated risks. Act boldly and thoughtfully. Be an agile company.

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  Risk, Calculated Risk, Company

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• Luck is a dividend of sweat.

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  Sweat, Luck, Dividends

  1988 Quoted by Penny Moser 'The McDonald's Mystique', in Fortune, 4 Jul.

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• The french fry is my canvas.

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  Canvas

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

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  Mcdonalds, Mind, Buns

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.78, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The McDonald brothers were simply not on my wavelength at all. I was obsessed with the idea of making McDonald's the biggest and the best. They were content with what they had; they didn't want to be bothered with more risks and more demands.

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  Brother, Mcdonalds, Ideas

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.90, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday.

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  Creativity, Mcdonalds, Tuesday

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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  Hard Work, Winning, Can't Win

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.103, St. Martin's Griffin

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• If you do it first class and you don't compromise values, and you don't compromise quality, and you don't compromise service, and you don't compromise cleanliness, then everybody else who is the competitor has got to play catch-up.

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  Play, Class, Quality

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• I put the hamburger on the assembly line.

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  Hamburgers, Lines, Assembly

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.85, St. Martin's Griffin

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• 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.

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  Pride, Entrepreneur, Inspire

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• Are you green and growing or ripe and rotting?

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  Inspirational, Mcdonalds, Growing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• No one of us is more important than the rest of us.

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  Important

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• Our aim was to insure repeat business based on the system's reputation rather than on the quality of a single store or operator.

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  Focus, Quality, Reputation

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.70, St. Martin's Griffin

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• In business for yourself, but not by yourself.

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  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.87, St. Martin's Griffin

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• All money means to me is a pride in accomplishment.

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  Money, Mean, Pride

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We take the hamburger business more seriously than anyone else.

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  Success, Business, Commitment

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It is no achievement to walk a tightrope laid flat on the floor.

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  Achievement, Walks, Flats

  Ray Kroc (2016). “Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's”, p.161, St. Martin's Griffin

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• The organization cannot trust the individual; the individual must trust the organization.

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  Organization, Fast Food Nation, Individual

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• I didn't know what we would be selling in the year 2000 but whatever it was we would be selling the most of it.

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  Years, Optimism, Would Be

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

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  Giving, Community, Obligation

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• If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.

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  Water, Sticks, Mouths

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