This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.

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 wanted the monster back and that was plainly wrong.

A decision is only as strong as the belief standing behind it

Ah, only he who knows where he sails, knows what wind is good, and a fair wind for him.

I am a big believer of what Darwin discovered in the Galapagos, proving that the species most responsive to change will survive over apparently stronger or more intelligent competitors.

No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.

How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken.

Mutual cowardice keeps us in peace.

A cowardly populace which will dare nothing beyond talk. [Lat., Vulgus ignavum et nihil ultra verba ausurum.]

I told Pat I want to be him for Halloween. I almost got hit and I told Pat I should stop teasing him.

Being assertive in the home does not produce any smiling faces, but it does bring out a few tongues.