I think the harder you work, the more luck you have.
If there are things you don't like in the world you grew up in, make your own life different.
In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.
It all comes back to the basic. Serve customers the best-tasting food at a good value in a clean, comfortable restaurant, and they'll keep coming back.
It was the closest to purgatory that I've ever experienced while I've been living.
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.
There's no one to stop you but yourself.
What people forget is that every movie that gets made keeps making money for somebody FOREVER.
You can do what you want to do. You can be what you want to be.
Dave Thomas has said that his favorite movie is Terminator 2, citing that it is one of the occasions where the sequel was better than the original.
Although Dave Thomas was born in St. Catharines, Ontario, he spent a number of years growing up in North Carolina, and also in England.
Along with his Second City Toronto pal Harold Ramis, Dave Thomas founded the television show Second City Television.
Dave Thomas' father, John Thomas, held a PHD in Philosophy from Duke University and was head of Philosophy Department at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.
In 1990, Dave Thomas wrote, produced, and starred in a half-hour sketch comedy show titled The Dave Thomas Comedy Show on CBS.