Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a company.

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.

When employees are happy, they are your very best ambassadors.

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.

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

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.

You just can't get too focused on worrying about what's going to happen in the next quarter. You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

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.

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

Q: Why do I love thee, O Night?A: Because you know I will never answer.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

I had a very hard father. I had two sisters. He was soft on them and hard on me.

Good manners require space and time.

What if someone hit us with an EMP, cyber-attack, and dirty bomb all at once? That would be pretty bad.

Changing your mind is probably one of the most beautiful things people can do. And I've changed my mind about a lot of things over the years.

Deirdre Maddon has an extraordinary, almost celestial way of telling a story. There are so many great writers now - although I also want to go back and read all of Dickens again.

When I throw the perfect ball, it's impossible to defend.

How do you identify someone who needs encouragement? That person is breathing.

Prototyping is the conversation you have with your ideas.