To me, you make a tradeoff. It might be a little bit more expensive. But you're getting a better tasting, higher quality… — John Mackey Better Copy Share Image
I was looking for the meaning of life when I was in college. And my deal with my dad was as long… — John Mackey College Copy Share Image
Healthier team members get a bigger food discount. We give our sickest team members an option to go through what we call… — John Mackey Bigger Copy Share Image
When we start a new store, we make sure that we transfer enough starter culture from other stores that are already Whole… — John Mackey Culture Copy Share Image
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 About Copy Share Image
The original entrepreneur may initiate the initial purpose, but, in a sense, like a parent that has children, the children have their… — John Mackey Away Copy Share Image
I learned how to cook, began reading books on food. I began to understand about nutrition. It never had occurred to me… — John Mackey About Copy Share Image
It's not Apple's fault that they're seeking to avoid paying taxes. They're not lying, cheating or stealing. They're following the rules that… — John Mackey Apple Copy Share Image
We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is… — John Mackey Based Copy Share Image
I believe our philosophy of conscious capitalism will eventually be widely adopted primarily because it is a better way to do business,… — John Mackey Adopted Copy Share Image
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place.… — John Mackey Almost Copy Share Image
Starting my own business was kind of a wakeup call in a number of different ways. I had to meet a payroll… — John Mackey Business Copy Share Image
I've been doing long-distance backpacking since 2002 when I hiked the Appalachian Trail. You start to calm down and relax and get… — John Mackey Appalachian Copy Share Image
My dad for a long time was an accounting professor at Rice University. And then he went out on his own, and… — John Mackey Accounting Copy Share Image
The more profit we make, the more stores we can open, the more donations we can make to our community, the more… — John Mackey Citizens Copy Share Image
I kind of have this sense of mission now when we talk about success: I'd really like Whole Foods to contribute to… — John Mackey About Copy Share Image
You can't live if you don't eat, but you don't live to eat. And neither does business exist primarily to make a… — John Mackey Business Copy Share Image
I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation… — John Mackey Ethical 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 Also Copy Share Image
The way most people approach business - and the way they mostly teach in business school - involves the analytical mind. It… — John Mackey Analytical Copy Share Image
