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title: "2 Closed Quotes By Hamdi Ulukaya"
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> [A closed plant is like a cemetery; it really is. The walls will talk to you; the machines will talk to you if you really talk to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/a-closed-plant-is-like-a-cemetery-it-really-is-the-walls-will-talk-to/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/hamdi-ulukaya-22611_cemetery_a-closed-plant-is-like-a-cemetery-it-rea_819020.jpg)

> [We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in with a different perspective. We bought some used equipment, as simple as we could.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/we-took-a-plant-that-was-being-closed-by-a-big-company-thinking-there/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/hamdi-ulukaya-22611_being_we-took-a-plant-that-was-being-closed-by_1025482.jpg)

## More by Hamdi Ulukaya

> [Every small business will give you an entrepreneurial way of looking at things. I guarantee you that for every plant that closes, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/every-small-business-will-give-you-an-entrepreneurial-way-of-looking/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/what-happened-was-i-saw-this-ad-for-a-yogurt-plant-for-sale-it-was-in/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/everyone-asks-me-why-someone-turkish-is-making-greek-yogurt-in-greece/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [Fage does not make great yogurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/fage-does-not-make-great-yogurt/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [I was always told yogurt had to be sweet to appeal to Americans. But when people go to Turkey or Greece, within 15 minutes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/i-was-always-told-yogurt-had-to-be-sweet-to-appeal-to-americans-but/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [My mother used to make the most amazing yogurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/my-mother-used-to-make-the-most-amazing-yogurt/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [But as the business grows, you get more attention, and then you realize that the whole world is trying to get time from you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/but-as-the-business-grows-you-get-more-attention-and-then-you-realize/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [A closed plant is like a cemetery; it really is. The walls will talk to you; the machines will talk to you if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/a-closed-plant-is-like-a-cemetery-it-really-is-the-walls-will-talk-to/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [I love innovation, I love competing. I hate my competitors. You cannot be in the world of business when you don't have this consciousness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/i-love-innovation-i-love-competing-i-hate-my-competitors-you-cannot/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [We took a plant that was being closed by a big company thinking there was no good use for it, and we came in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/we-took-a-plant-that-was-being-closed-by-a-big-company-thinking-there/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [A manufacturing resurgence is what will give local communities and small towns across America a fighting chance for survival. Many of today's American entrepreneurs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/a-manufacturing-resurgence-is-what-will-give-local-communities-and/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [I started a feta cheese company, Euphrates, in upstate New York in 2002.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/i-started-a-feta-cheese-company-euphrates-in-upstate-new-york-in-2002/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/for-a-startup-you-need-to-stay-small-so-the-others-don-t-attack-or/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [I didn't have a business degree. I didn't have experience to work in somebody else's office. I never built or ran a department. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/i-didn-t-have-a-business-degree-i-didn-t-have-experience-to-work-in/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

> [Entrepreneurship is seen as if you're in Silicon Valley or New York City and starting an app business or a social-media business, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hamdi-ulukaya/entrepreneurship-is-seen-as-if-you-re-in-silicon-valley-or-new-york/)

[Hamdi Ulukaya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hamdi-ulukaya/)

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