You have to worry about where the business is headed long-term.

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.

Obscene salaries send the wrong message through a 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.

Five minutes are enough to dream a whole life, that is how relative time is.

Os ventos do destino são imutáveis.

If you cannot please everyone with your deeds and your art, please a few. To please many is bad.

The answer to enemies who heal annoyingly fast is always, always decapitation. That is why swords will never go out of style.

I never thought, in my lifetime, that you'd be able to watch movies, read books and listen to music from a phone, but I guess the technology of tomorrow is here today.

I liked The Beatles a lot when I was growing up.

I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.

The Father to whom we pray is the glorious God who created worlds through His Beloved Son.

Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes.

If I bring back only one gold people are going to say it's a disappointment. But not too many of them own an Olympic gold medal so if I get one I'm going to be happy.