Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.

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.

I have employed someone who earns money for me and does not charge anything .. i call it my corpus or nest egg.It is a beautiful feeling when your corpus earns money and beats your salary

Part of Creator occupies outer part of universe.

My dad's from there, and I have relatives there, but I don't think I've been to Chicago since I was like 9.

In the long run, the world is going to have the best, and any difference in race, religion, or previous history will not keep the world from what it wants.

The ways of the gods are long, but in the end they are not without strength.

This sounds geeky, but when I run, I like to listen to musicals like Les Miserables. The soundtracks are 75 minutes or longer, and I keep going until the story ends, so it feels like a good workout.

Let's not fall into the trap of thinking that all of our Muslim American neighbors in this country are somehow our enemies here. They are our first line of defense.

A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad.

The careful reader of the New Testament will find three Christs described: - One who wished to preserve Judaism - one who wished to reform it, and one who built a system of his own