I Probably Have About Four Or Five

The Leaders In Washington Have Got To Come Together In A Bipartisan Way And Do The Right Thing For The People Who Are Being Left Behind. We Cannot Have An America That Is Only Based On The Wealthy.

My Mother Taught Me Something At A Young Age - She Said 'you Are The Company You Keep.' To Define Yourself By Some Label Or Some Level Of Resources - That's Pretty Shallow.

When I Returned As Ceo In 2008, Starbucks Had Forgotten That Meaningful Innovations Balance An Organization's Heritage With Modern-day Relevance And Market Differentiation, So We Had To Reorient. In One Brainstorming Session, We Visited And Observed Great Retailers, Then Asked Ourselves, 'if Starbucks Did Not Exist, What Type Of Coffee Experience Would We Create?

I Think There Is Probably No Better Person To Aspire To Emulate Than Steve Jobs And What He Has Done At Apple In Terms Of His Leadership, His Innovation, Not Settling For Mediocrity.

There Are Moments In Our Lives When We Summon The Courage To Make Choices That Go Against Reason, Against Common Sense And The Wise Counsel Of People We Trust. But We Lean Forward Nonetheless Because, Despite All Risks And Rational Argument, We Believe That The Path We Are Choosing Is Right And Best Thing To Do. We Refuse To Be Bystanders, Even If We Do Not Know Exactly Where Our Actions Will Lead.