Howard Schultz America Quotations

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.

The lifeblood of job creation in America is small business, but they can't get access to credit.

Most business people today are not going to invest in the uncertainty that exists in America.

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.

I think the most important thing that I think everyone in America must have is belief that wherever they live, whatever station they have in life, that the American dream is alive and well. I think the fracturing of trust and confidence is in the American dream.

Starbucks has stores in America in many, many communities that are governed by many, many different municipalities. Starbucks cannot dictate to a municipality in Cincinnati or Kansas City or Sacramento how or why or when there should be a recycling program.

I'm much more concerned about America than the Democratic Party.

We believe that there's a very, very large opportunity still in front of us in North America,

In many ways what we announced today is a milestone in building the business in China, ... But it mirrors what we did in the past 25 years in America in creating profitability and balancing that with a social conscience.

It's a great American story and I think it shows the entrepreneurial spirit, that the entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well,

Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

The entrepreneurial opportunity in America is alive and well.

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.