Who wants a dream that's near-fetched?

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.

Life is a blank canvas, and you need to throw all the paint on it you can.

The dance you take with passion and self belief While every step is in rhythm with the honor of your words and the integrity of your daily actions~bns

As fire, though one, takes the shape of every object which it consumes, so the Self, though one, takes the shape of every object in which it dwells. (The Upanishads: Breath of the Eternal, pg. 35)

I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.

Some people, when desperate, retreat to pills or hard liquor. I nap.

Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.

I have two loves: my country and Paris.

You put out a funny podcast, you talk about bak chor mee. I will say mee siam mai hum.

I have somewhat [Taylor's or Gallagher's guitars], but I like the power of the Martins.

My father was funnier than me. My father was Richard Pryor-funny. I'm just a better businessman.