Don't be threatened by people smarter than you.

Starbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.

When it comes to Starbucks, I take every threat very personally.

We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.

Starbucks has a role and a meaningful relationship with people that is not only about the coffee.

Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after youve done that, dream bigger.

There's a metaphor Vincent Eades likes to use: "If you examine a butterfly according to the laws of aerodynamics, it shouldn't be able to fly. But the butterfly doesn't know that, so it flies.

Starbucks is in my blood. It is such a part of me that letting it unravel simply was not an option.

When you're surrounded by people who share a passionate commitment around a common purpose, anything is possible.

Customers must recognize that you stand for something.

Starbucks is committed to evolving and enhancing our customer experience with innovative and wholesome food offerings.

Don't waste your time complaining, use your energy to create a solution. Even a 10% resolution is progress.

There is not a single dying human being who does not yearn for love, touch, understanding, and whose heart does not break from the withdrawal of those who should be drawing near.

On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.

You show your vulnerability through relationships, and those feelings are your soft spot. You need to have a soft spot.

Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.

I was born in 1954. My parents were brought up in the war years, and life was hard.

I just wanna go on more adventures. Be around good energy. Connect with people. Learn new things. Grow

People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there.

Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc.

I think in all of the arts there are just certain people that have a gift. I think it's a certain spirituality, it's a God-given gift that just certain individuals have.