When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen. — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
Our attitude has always been that if you hire good people and provide good wages and good jobs and more than that - if you provide careers - that good things will happen to your company. I think we can… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
Driving stock up from one day to the next is not what we are about. We are about building a good company and performing for the long term. I know everyone says that, that sounds trite when I repeat it that way, but that is and has always been our attitude about our business. If we do the right things,… — James Sinegal Copy Share
If we take care of the business and keep our eye on the goal line, the stock price will take care of itself. — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
It is improper for one person to take credit when it takes so many people to build a successful organization. When you try to… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
I say at our management conferences that the amount Wal-Mart grows in just one year is the equivalent of Costco's size. — James Sinegal Copy Share
There was a proposal in California that would keep out Wal-Mart but allow Costco. You opposed it. Are you nuts? That's true: I always… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy. — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
One of the strengths of our nation has always been a strong middle class who could afford their own homes and send their children… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
If you're going to say to all the people that you're working with, 'We want you to treat the customers honestly; don't lie and… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
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… — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
If you hire good people, give them good jobs, and pay them good wages, generally something good is going to happen. — James Sinegal Copy Share Image
