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

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

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.

Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company. The message is that all brilliance emanates from the top; that the worker on the floor of the store or the factory is insignificant.

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.

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

Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.