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

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

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.

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

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

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.

Our attitude has always been that if you hire good people and provide good wages and good jobs and more than that - if you provide careers - that good things will happen to your company. I think we can say that that has been proved by the quality of people that we have and how they have built our organization.