Howard Schultz

My biggest concern is that America is drifting towards mediocrity and that people don’t recognize – and by people I’m meaning Washington – don’t recognize the sense of urgency and the fact that I don’t think this is a crisis anymore. I think it’s an emergency.

Howard Schultz

My kids probably started drinking coffee in their late teens.

Howard Schultz

My son is trying to be a sports writer, and my daughter is a college student. She wants to be a comedy writer, and she’s at film school. I discouraged both of them early on from getting involved in Starbucks. I didn’t think it would be fair; plus, they didn’t have any interest anyway.

Howard Schultz

On balance, I am a supporter of the minimum wage going up. We’ve got to be very careful what we wish for because some employers – and there could be a lot of them – will be scared away from hiring new people or creating incremental hours for part-time people as a result of that wage going up.

Howard Schultz

One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure.

Howard Schultz

One of the terrible tragedies, for me, was the fact that my father passed away before he could witness what I achieved.

Howard Schultz

Our history is based on extending the brand to categories within the guardrails of Starbucks.

Howard Schultz

Overnight the digital age had changed the course of history for our company. Everything that we thought was in our control no longer was. But within a year we had invested in social media and digital experts. Now Starbucks is the number one brand on Facebook.

Howard Schultz

People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.

Howard Schultz

People in Washington need to put their feet in the shoes of working Americans.

Howard Schultz