S. Truett Cathy

We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'

I cook chicken for a living.

If it took seven days to make a living with a restaurant, then we needed to be in some other line of work.

I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.

I'd be resentful if shareholders who don't know the business tried to tell me what to do.

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.

The people are more important than the food. We want a person to be as successful as he can be, and it works the other way around, too.

I have always encouraged my restaurant operators and team members to give back to the local community.

We live in a changing world, but we need to be reminded that the important things have not changed, and the important things will not change if we keep our priorities in proper order.

Nearly every moment of every day, we have the opportunity to give something to someone else - our time, our love, our resources.

You don't have to be a Christian to work at Chick-fil-A, but we ask you to base your business on biblical principles because they work.

I have people say, 'I'll come to work for you for free,' and I tell my employees they have to compete with that.