"We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment."

"I like to tell a story about one of our early managers who wanted to buy a new car. I told him, 'You're not going to get a raise until you drive that car for five years.'"

"I'll fire anyone who cashes the check."

"I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don't invent ideas. We tak…"

"A most unusual aspect of the Waltons was that they believed in family ownership. Way back in 1953, following a model created by Helen's father, Sam gave all his shares in the company to a family corpo…"