It is improper for one person to take credit when it takes so many people to build a successful organization. When you try to be top dong, you don't …

- James Sinegal

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 business is headed lon…

- James Sinegal

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 eve…

- James Sinegal

You could raise the price of, say, a bottle of ketchup to $1.03 instead of $1, and no one would know. Raising prices just 3% per product would add 50…

- James Sinegal

Paying good wages is not in opposition to good productivity.

- James Sinegal

Paying your employees well is not only the right thing to do but it makes for good business.

- James Sinegal

If you've got to work for the rest of your life, you'd better do something you'll enjoy.

- James Sinegal

It doesn't do much good to have a quality image, whether it's with the facility or whether it's with the merchandise, if you don't have real quality …

- James Sinegal

I think the biggest single thing that causes difficulty in the business world is the short-term view. We become obsessed with it. But it forces bad d…

- James Sinegal