A.G. Howard Quotes

It's quintessentially American to transform your family.

We can design things that learn, so you can grow an intelligence by creating an environment and creating things that just do it a million time faster than we do.

There may be a jump on electronic LSD with virtual reality, and the problem just with saying LSD, enough time has gone by that there is no distinction between psychedelics and other drugs.

We are taught what reality is in all kinds of ways.

Dinosaurs grew feathers for heat regulation, but the ones that started flying started becoming birds.

All you have to do is mate.

The entire human race faced a singularity when one small group discovered, ooh, technology. We can live a different way. Eventually, that spelled the death of the old way of life.

The kernel of the 11th house is 'the urge to become something greater than we already are'.

While we are a coffee company at heart, Starbucks provides much more than the best cup of coffee—we offer a community gathering place where people come together to connect and discover new things.

Every step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that's the only way to ensure security in any job.

People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.

We are witnessing a seismic change in consumer behavior. That change is being brought about by technology and the access people have to information.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy. The other side of it is that you can't cut enough costs to save your way to prosperity.

Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.

Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.

Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.

Beverages have to be created. And they're created by looking at what trend is in, say, the fashion industry - what color's hot right now.

My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.

California, in a sense, is almost Starbucks' largest country, with almost 3,000 stores.

The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.

Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

If it Captures Your Imagination, it will captivate others.

We have a big opportunity in China. We think the number of stores here can rival the number in North America.

There's this myth that has been exacerbated by others that Starbucks means a $4 cup of coffee, which is not true.

The response to the Starbucks brand has been phenomenal in our international markets.

Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.

Success is best when its shared

Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit.

Customers have different need states and life experiences.

Even though people are under economic pressure, they still want to support those brands with values that are compatible with their own.

Everyone must have a shot at the American Dream.

When you're building a business or joining a company you have to be transparent, you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.

Growing up I always felt like I was living on the other side of the tracks. I knew the people on the other side had more resources, more money, happier families.

Managing and navigating through a financial crisis is no fun at all.

You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there's a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you wanna be there.

More than anything else, technology will pave the way for innovative change at Starbucks. The bulk of Starbucks' innovation over the next several years will be technology-focused.

The companies that are lasting are those that are authentic.

Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is will. The will to make it happen.

We will never-and I mean never-turn our backs on our employees.

I was working probably at the age of 10, when I had my first paper route. I had every different kind of job you could possibly imagine as a young kid.

If Vancouver did not succeed as Starbucks from '87 on, our entire international business, which is now thousands of stores and a significant amount of growth and profit, may not have existed.

I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people.

If you don't love what you're doing with unbridled passion and enthusiasm, you're not going to succeed when you hit obstacles.

I'm optimistic about the country; I'm optimistic about the American people.

I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.

I think growth covers up mistakes.

I really believe that you cannot use the stock market as a proxy for the economy.

I never took classic business classes in college, so I don't have the background that any of the people running large companies have.

Don't buy preground coffee.

While their service is ending, our responsibility is just beginning!