Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.

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.

The beautiful must be incongruous.

It's hard not being able to see you, but my life in Tokyo would be a lot worse if it weren't for you.

There's a new slimming course just out where they remove all your bones. Not only do you weigh less, but you also look so much more relaxed.

I always hope for the better for the continent and what I know comes from Africa. Living in the West we feel like we're so removed from the continent that we can somewhat shut off.

I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I'm one year older, everyone else is too.

If you think you are big, you will become small. If you are willing to become an absolute nothing, you will become larger than creation and Creator.

Modeling was pretty difficult back then. I did not find the business something that I had an interest in. I wanted to be a veterinarian.

Toast is me. I am toast.

Leadership is not a rank, it's a choice.

Show as much interest in what your children tell you as they have in telling you.