Colonel Sanders

I've got no idea when I am going to retire. Whenever they pick me up and take me to the funeral home,…

— Colonel Sanders

I've read hundreds of cookbooks. Most of those cookbooks don't even tell you how to get a steak ready, how to bake…

— Colonel Sanders

I was sixty-six years old. I still had to make a living. I looked at my social security check of 105 dollars…

— Colonel Sanders

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something…

— Colonel Sanders

Don’t be against things so much as for things.

— Colonel Sanders

A lot of learned men think people really are the food they've eaten.

— Colonel Sanders

My life is devoted to business and supporting my family.

— Colonel Sanders

I could see it wasn't going to be easy. I couldn't give a franchise to any old greasy spoon. And I knew…

— Colonel Sanders

No hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me.

— Colonel Sanders

I think a dream is just a suggestion to start something out, do something.

— Colonel Sanders

I don't fear that a man will wear out as quickly as he will rust out.

— Colonel Sanders

The hard way builds solidly a foundation of confidence that cannot be swept away

— Colonel Sanders

People are just like farm equipment. They rust out quicker than they wear out.

— Colonel Sanders

I always hired widows with children, because they had to work and didn't have any foolishness about them.

— Colonel Sanders

Sitting in a rocker never appealed to me. Golf or fishing isn't as much fun as working.

— Colonel Sanders

I am not too proud of having my name associated with some of my restaurants.

— Colonel Sanders

It came to me that the one thing I could do was cook. And I figured I couldn't do any worse than…

— Colonel Sanders

A lot of learned men think people really are the food theyve eaten.

— Colonel Sanders

I just say the moral out of my life is don't quit at age 65, maybe your boat hasn't come in yet.…

— Colonel Sanders

Scientists are a bunch of romantics.

— Colonel Sanders

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.

— Colonel Sanders

To me, my recipes are priceless.

— Colonel Sanders

The food I've liked in my time is American country cookin'.

— Colonel Sanders

I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of…

— Colonel Sanders

Hard work beats all the tonics and vitamins in the world.

— Colonel Sanders