Our attitude is that if you hire good people and pay them a fair wage, then good things will happen for the company.

It doesn't do Costco any good if nobody can afford to buy anything.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

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

We've always been in favor of improved wages for workers. When you have a strong middle class, they want to buy more stuff at Costco.

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.