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

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

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.

I think the biggest single thing that causes difficulty in the business world is the short-term view. We become obsessed with it. But it forces bad decisions.

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.

Technology helps us become more efficient and productive but our business still has a lot of art as opposed to strictly science.

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