Colonel Sanders Quotes

110 Colonel Sanders Quotes

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[On whether he spoiled his grandchildren] Not too badly. I just love them.
Colonel Sanders

You’re surrounded with love when you’re surrounded with a bunch of children.
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[On children] They’re an inspiration for us all to grow by. And you can’t help but admire them.
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[On being called a living legend.] A legend, and what’s that?
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I ran a restaurant for twenty-five years trying to serve the best food I could up to the public.
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I wanted to have the best chicken in my restaurant.
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They forgot all about the price of the food… They’d come back again for that good food.
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I had a moral obligation to give people something good. Something worthwhile. I loved it.
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[On hearing about the new interstate highway coming] I thought what can I do next?
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[On the new interstate highway being put in and the impact on his original restaurant] I was left high and dry.
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[On the new interstate highway forcing him to change and adapt] It’s a stepping stone for something else, there’s no question about it.
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So my question was ‘What could I save out of that wreck?’ I knew it was going to be wrecked.
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I think the moral for my life is don’t quit at 65. Maybe your boat hasn’t come in yet.
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I prayed to god that he would make this thing a success.
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My ferry boat business was put out of business when a bridge was built across the river.
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My lighting plant business selling gas lights went downhill when there were electric lights and I couldn’t sell mine.
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[On previous business failures – ferry boat business (failing when a bridge was built across the river), lighting plant business etc] Things just went bad for me all the way along… I always dreamed up something that I thought was useful and good.
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I wanted to be sure on this chicken as it was my last chance. Cause I was getting well up in my years. If this chicken made good I’d see that God got his part. I’ve given away millions of dollars since then…
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I don’t pray for anything…My prays are to thank for the all the blessings I’ve received over the years. Here I am enjoying good health. My eyesight is getting bad now and my hearing is failing a little bit.
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Don’t be against things so much as for things.
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[On being asked at close to his 90th birthday - ‘Don’t you believe in retirement?’] No, not a bit in the world. When the lord put old father Adam here he never told him to quit at 65 did he?
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There’s some mighty fine railroad men but I wasn’t one of them.
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[On Salvation army group people never paying at his restaurant] Nobody ever paid me for anything. I figured I could afford…
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I got $2 million dollars when I sold out… and when they sold out seven and a half years later they got as of now $273 million dollars. So that’s quite an appreciation in value you see.
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[In 1979] Sales this year will exceed $2 billion dollars worth of chicken.
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[On his chicken being cooked by other KFC stores and some people trying to change the formula or stretching the spices by adding more flour] It just had to be right, that’s all there was to it.
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[On adding more flour to the secret KFC chicken recipe to make it go further for less money] He could stretch it but he depreciated the value of my product.
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[On giving a band free KFC chicken in return for them playing music in the front of his store] Come back anytime on the same deal.
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I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know.
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I couldn’t afford to quit.
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