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.

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

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

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.

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