Competitors Quote by Ray Kroc Download Open image “If my competitor were drowning I'd stick a hose in his mouth and turn on the water.” — Ray Kroc ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Competitors Drowning Ifs Mouths Sticks Turn on Turns Water
What do you do when your competitor is drowning? Get a live hose - and stick it in his mouth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water. It is ridiculous to call… — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
I can't swim but if my girlfriend was drowning, I'd still dive in to save her. — Zayn Malik Copy Share Image
Sometimes it seems like you'd rather watch me drown, than see your hands get wet. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'd visually have that idea. I'm diving off the end of the diving board. I'm not going to be worried about if I'm going… — Gail Sheehy Copy Share Image
I sense that his drowning but I don't have any idea of how to start to put my hand into the water and save… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In movies when people go underwater, I like to hold my breath and see if I would survive in that situation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I believe in God, family, and McDonald's. And in the office, that order is reversed. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“The best part of it for me personally was that every time I saw a new Walgreen’s store going up it meant new business. This sort of multiplication was clearly the way to go. I spent less and less time chasing pushcart vendors around the West Side and more time cultivating large accounts where big turnover would automatically winch in… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
Creativity is a highfalutin' word for the work I have to do between now and Tuesday. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
“We started Franchise Realty Corporation with $1,000 paid-in capital, and Harry parlayed that cash investment into something like $170 million worth of real estate. His idea, simply put, was that we would induce a property owner to lease us his land on a subordinated basis. That is, he would take back a second mortgage so that we could go to… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“I was about to lose one of my biggest accounts, Walgreens, the people I had created a tremendous amount of business for and to whom I was selling five million cups a year. Fred Stoll told me in strictest confidence that a former Walgreen executive who had a lot of pull in the top offices of the company had gone… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
“One time a McDonald’s operator came to me with the idea he’d dreamed up to cut costs by producing a doughnut-shaped patty. His notion was to plug the hole with condiments, and cover it with a pickle so the customer wouldn’t notice the hole. I told him we wanted to feed our customers, not fleece them, but I couldn’t suppress… — Ray Kroc Copy Share
I wasn't prepared for this big room with clattering typewriters and teletype printers. You could hardly hear yourself think. — Ray Kroc Copy Share Image
Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be two seconds… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image
You want to remain hungry and stay in a good place as a competitor; at the same time, you want to be confident but… — Lamar Odom Copy Share Image
Sports have always been a huge part of my life and my conversations. It is a thrill and an honor to be a part… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
Business is always a struggle. There are always obstacles and competitors. There is never an open road, except the wide road that leads to failure. Every great success has always been achieved by fight. Every winner has scars.The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will-power to develop themselves. So choose… — Chris Kirubi Copy Share
Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
If you want to gain market share at your competitor's expense - look for a customer that's suffering from too much complexity and simplify… — Peter Cohan Copy Share Image
I learn from all our major competitors, whether they're in or out of the U.S. Wells Fargo is very actively, very aggressively, and very… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I've got to know my strength and weaknesses and the same for my competitors. — Caroline Buchanan Copy Share Image
As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs. — Tony Romo Copy Share Image
We can never have too much preparation and training. We must be a strong competitor. We must adhere staunchly to the basic principle that… — Ralph Bunche Copy Share Image
