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> [Yeah, leading an examined life, I always say, is a pain in the ass. It adds an element of complexity to business that most businessmen don't want to hear about. They just want to call a fabric manufacturer, and say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/yeah-leading-an-examined-life-i-always-say-is-a-pain-in-the-ass-it/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

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> [...it's always been difficult for us to lead an examined life as a corporation. I've always felt like a company has the responsibility to not wait for the government to tell it what to do, or to wait for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/it-s-always-been-difficult-for-us-to-lead-an-examined-life-as-a/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

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## More by Yvon Chouinard

> [Once you educate yourself, you're left with choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/once-you-educate-yourself-you-re-left-with-choices/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [A real capitalist knows that $10 given today does a lot more good than $100 given 10 years from now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/a-real-capitalist-knows-that-10-given-today-does-a-lot-more-good-than/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/doing-risk-sports-had-taught-me-another-important-lesson-never-exceed/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/but-i-m-really-trying-to-run-this-company-like-it-is-going-to-be-here/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/who-are-businesses-really-responsible-to-their-customers-shareholders/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/it-s-okay-to-be-eccentric-if-you-re-rich-otherwise-you-re-just-crazy/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Evil doesn’t have to be an overt act; it can be merely the absence of good. If you have the ability, the resources, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/evil-doesn-t-have-to-be-an-overt-act-it-can-be-merely-the-absence-of/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [The whole purpose of climbing something like Everest is to effect some sort of spiritual and physical gain. But if you compromise the process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/the-whole-purpose-of-climbing-something-like-everest-is-to-effect/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/at-patagonia-making-a-profit-is-not-the-goal-because-the-zen-master/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Traveling is my form of self-education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/traveling-is-my-form-of-self-education/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/everything-we-personally-own-that-s-made-sold-shipped-stored-cleaned/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [We've teamed up with some Japanese companies to, basically by 2010, make all our clothing out of recycled and recyclable fibers. And we're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/we-ve-teamed-up-with-some-japanese-companies-to-basically-by-2010/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [You can solo-climb Everest without using oxygen or you can pay guides and Sherpas to carry your loads, put ladders across crevasses, lay in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/you-can-solo-climb-everest-without-using-oxygen-or-you-can-pay-guides/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Climbing for speed records will probably become more popular, a mania which has just begun. Climbers climb not just to see how fast and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/climbing-for-speed-records-will-probably-become-more-popular-a-mania/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

> [Everything we make pollutes. The most responsible thing we can do is to make each product as well as we know how so it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvon-chouinard/everything-we-make-pollutes-the-most-responsible-thing-we-can-do-is/)

[Yvon Chouinard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvon-chouinard/)

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