One of the sad things about retiring is that you just become increasingly irrelevant. The world flows around you, and you don't… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Any type of political ideology is going to have a lot of different variants of it. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Profits are one of the most important goals of any successful business, and investors are one of the most important constituencies of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I used to boast that Whole Foods was sort of recession-proof. And obviously I've been proven wrong. So I'm not boasting about… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Whole Foods Market tries to embody all of the principles of conscious capitalism all the time, but like any person or company,… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I think for any small business that's bootstrapped, the overwhelming challenge initially is getting to positive cash flow. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I'm a huge NBA fan and watch many games each year. Following any sport is kind of bringing us back to our… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Amazon is certainly not a perfect company. However, doctors, teachers, engineers, journalists, politicians, and labor unions are also on a continuum of… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We should all have the legal right to purchase health insurance from any insurance company in any state, and we should be… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
What I know is that we no longer have free enterprise capitalism in health care; it's not a system any longer where… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
People need to eat whole food plant foods, primarily... whole grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds. That diet supports our lives. We… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We wanted to preserve as many jobs as possible, so when our sales continued to decline in August 2008, we did about… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
The world is getting more connected through technology and travel. Cuisines are evolving. Some people are scared of globalization, but I think people will… — John Mackey Copy Share
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It divides it… — John Mackey Copy Share
“I realized that with everything I did from that point onward, I would have to ask myself this question: "How would I feel if… — John Mackey Copy Share
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place. From the… — John Mackey Copy Share
I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger - that… — John Mackey Copy Share
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an… — John Mackey Copy Share
The great thing about a culture is that once you really get it going, it evolves on its own. It's self-organizing. It's dynamic. It… — John Mackey Copy Share
A healthy society rests on three pillars: business, government and civil society, or non-profits. Each has a distinct and important role to play, and… — John Mackey Copy Share
Human beings are made up of many different values, and sometimes those values are in tension with each other. — John Mackey Copy Share
I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long as I… — John Mackey Copy Share
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll every week,… — John Mackey Copy Share
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and its role… — John Mackey Copy Share
I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get into the… — John Mackey Copy Share
We knew it was going to be a market, and we knew it was a food market. Well, what kind of food market? It's… — John Mackey Copy Share
As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose. — John Mackey Copy Share
