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
Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news. — John Mackey Action 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
Health care is a service that we all need, but just like food and shelter, it is best provided through voluntary and… — John Mackey Beneficial Copy Share Image
When I'm hiring leaders, I pay a lot of attention to what their peers and what people who report to them say… — John Mackey About Copy Share Image
I've been amazed at how quickly people can heal themselves, actually. — John Mackey Actually Copy Share Image
“There are now more phone connections in the world than there are people.” — John Mackey Population explosion Copy Share Image
While we clearly need health-care reform, the last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds… — John Mackey Billions Copy Share Image
One of the most important things we do is we've organized our stores and our workforce into teams. — John Mackey Important Copy Share Image
I'm very encouraged by millennials and their drive to make the world a better place. — John Mackey Better 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
The right actions undertaken for the right reasons generally lead to good outcomes over time. — John Mackey Actions Copy Share Image
I sometimes think that unions don't understand that we live in a free society, and people have the right to not select… — John Mackey Free Copy Share Image
At Whole Foods, we allow our team members to vote on what benefits they most want the company to fund. — John Mackey Allow Copy Share Image
They said our first store in Austin would not work. Then they said it would not work outside Austin, that it would… — John Mackey Austin 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 Any Copy Share Image
People in America are addicted to sugar and to fat and to salt. — John Mackey Addicted Copy Share Image
Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure. — John Mackey Arguing Copy Share Image
We do take seriously our responsibility, and growing ability, to educate people about healthy eating and giving them greater access to nourishing… — John Mackey Ability 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
If you're growing very rapidly, it doesn't matter if you make mistakes, in a way, because the growth kind of bails you… — John Mackey Because Copy Share Image
I was in my early 20s and open to alternative lifestyles. I thought, 'I bet you get a lot of attractive, interesting… — John Mackey Alternative Copy Share Image
Your typical business just measures the metrics that have to do with the profitability of the business one way or another. But… — John Mackey Also 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 About 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 Able Copy Share Image
