I think it's absolutely essential that the people that work for a company need to feel that they're part of something bigger… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
In general, when you travel, you get into a different reality and are able to more accurately reflect on your ordinary life.… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
We've always tried to be good citizens in the communities that we do business in. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I believe that all forms of socialism have been proven over time to result in a loss of both economic and civil… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems. It's the most important solution. — John Mackey Diet Copy Share Image
As a company grows, its purpose grows with it. It has the potential to evolve your purpose. — John Mackey Business Copy Share Image
Libertarians are constantly arguing with each other who is the most pure libertarian and who is most ideologically pure. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I started out young and idealistic, and it was all about social justice and fair distribution of resources. I didn't understand why… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Back then, before the Internet, you had these paper catalogs that you ordered all the food from. So, we flipped through the… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Shopping for groceries for most people is like a chore. It's like doing the laundry or taking out the garbage. And we… — John Mackey 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 Copy Share Image
Operating under the conscious capitalism model will show that businesses are the true value creators that can push all of humanity upward… — John Mackey Business Copy Share Image
I've always thought the main argument for organic was more environmental than a health argument. I just don't think spraying a lot… — 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
Message boards are like going to a Halloween masquerade party. Everybody has a screen name. — John Mackey 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'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
“As the saying goes, “The longest journey that people must take is the eighteen inches between their heads and their hearts.” — John Mackey Journey Copy Share Image
I like games that are complex - the deeper you get into the game, the more there is to learn. — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Good leaders need to be able to connect to all of those around them. This is especially true at Whole Foods, where… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43 teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days, that adds up to a… — John Mackey 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 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 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 kind of have this sense of mission now when we talk about success: I'd really like Whole Foods to contribute to… — John Mackey 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 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 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
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
At a lot of companies founded on principles, the notion of making money is almost antithetical to the ethos of the place.… — John Mackey 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 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 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 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
Free enterprise capitalism has been the most powerful creative system of social cooperation and human progress ever conceived, but its perception and… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
I love my cooking tools because I enjoy cooking - a Vitamix for smoothies and a rice cooker for steel-cut oats. I… — John Mackey Copy Share Image
