You destroy the initiative of the working people if they don't feel they have a fighting chance to be a part of the American Dream.

If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself.

You take an educated gamble. If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you're not doing your job.

It's like heroin: You do a little and you want a little bit more. Raising prices is the easy way.

There was a proposal in California that would keep out Wal-Mart but allow Costco. You opposed it. Are you nuts? That's true: I always oppose these kinds of things. Competition makes us better. Some of our best stores have a Sam's Club next door.

You don't have a very motivated working class, it starts to affect the dynamics of the economy. If workers are disenchanted and disenfranchised, productivity losses will go along with that.

It doesn't do much good to have a quality image, whether it's with the facility or whether it's with the merchandise, if you don't have real quality people taking care of your customers.