If somehow a proclamation were made that C.E.O.'s could only make a maximum of $300,000 a year, you would not have any shortage of very qualified men and women seeking the jobs.

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.

I say at our management conferences that the amount Wal-Mart grows in just one year is the equivalent of Costco's size.

You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

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.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

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