Dave Thomas Sayings

#1. Geddy Lee and I went to the same grade school. He moved away when we were still young, but I remember him like I do all my friends from back then. Then in 1982, Dave Thomas and I were approached to do a record as the McKenzie Brothers on Anthem Records, the same label that Rush was on.

Rick Moranis

#2. I love funny people. I met and became friends with some of the funniest people ever. Gilda Radner, bless her soul; Martin Short; Dave Thomas; Eugene Levy.

Paul Shaffer

#3. Deliver total quality to every customer every day.

Dave Thomas

#4. Whether you sell hamburgers or computers, we're all in the customer service business. Our goal must be to exceed our customers' expectations every day.

Dave Thomas

#5. Opportunities don't knock at all. They don't have to, they're already all around us. It's up to us to see where they are and take advantage of them.

Dave Thomas

#6. All programming is maintenance programming, because you are rarely writing original code.

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#7. You are what you eat. Which makes me cheap, quick and easy.

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#8. You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.

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#9. There is no doubt in my mind that Masonry is the cornerstone of America.

Dave Thomas

#10. Every child deserves a home and love. Period.

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#11. There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet.

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#12. The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame ... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.

Dave Thomas

#13. There's no one to stop you but yourself.

Dave Thomas

#14. If you like your remote messaging fat, dumb, and interoperable, you could also look into the SOAP libraries distributed with Ruby.

Dave Thomas

#15. Don't be afraid to be unique or speak your mind, because that's what makes you different from everyone else.

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#16. The more you give to others, the more you get in return.

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#17. Give everyone a chance to have a piece of the pie. If the pie's not big enough, make a bigger pie.

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#18. I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.

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#19. Land!" shouted Thomas. "Is there food?" asked Tubby Ted.

Dave Barry

#20. Whether it's choosing a career or deciding what charity to get involved with, the choice should come from your heart. Ultimately you are the one who has to get up every morning and enjoy what you are doing, so make sure it matters to you.

Dave Thomas

#21. You probably don't want to change the meaning of true halfway through your program (except perhaps if you're a politician).

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#22. It all comes back to the basics. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.

Dave Thomas

#23. If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.

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#24. The bridge between failure and success is hope. THOMAS JEFFERSON

Dave Ramsey

#25. No one wants to fuck a critic.

Dave Franklin

#26. What's the secret to success? It's no secret. You need a winning attitude, honesty and integrity, and a burning desire to succeed.

Dave Thomas

#27. It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living.

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#28. What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER.

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#29. Everyone's got to be for a child to have a home and love. I mean I don't know anyone who would be against that.

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#30. Hard work is good for the soul, and it keeps you from feeling sorry for yourself because you don't have time.

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#31. The greatest Electrical Pioneer of them all was Thomas Edison Edison's first major invention, in 1877, was the phonograph, which could soon be found in thousands of American homes, where it basically sat until 1923, when the record was invented.

Dave Barry

#32. You earn your reputation by the things you do every day.

Dave Thomas