“Because the stores worked, franchisees wanted to build more stores. If...” — Fred DeLuca Quote

“Because the stores worked, franchisees wanted to build more stores. If your model works, folks who are happy with it will buy out the ones who aren't happy.”

“If you have company-owned stores, you make 100 percent of the profit from each one, but you have less entrepreneurial spirit.”

“We find that no matter what country we're in, if we hit the right economic notes and appeal to the mass market, we're able to build the business very, very rapidly.”

“I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You need to be positive. You need to be bigger than the folks who are trying to tear you down.'”

“Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.”

“We're bringing together the country folks and the rockers.”