Debbi Quotes & Sayings

I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. When you're starting out, especially as an entrepreneur, you really don't know what you're doing. You go out there and you try so many things. The key in the process, to me, is that you keep trying and you never give up. — Debbi Fields

Being good enough never is. — Debbi Fields

I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience. — Debbi Fields

I feel like any time I'm doing what I love, my big pay-off is watching somebody else be the receiver. — Debbi Fields

A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make. — Debbi Fields

We are here for a reason. We all have a gift or gifts to share. — Debbi Fields

I'm not a "what if." I want to just do it, try it, give it my all, and if it's not meant to be, I can accept that. But I had to do it. — Debbi Fields

All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself. — Debbi Fields

We had this budding baby band going and we hadn't reached that development we wanted to reach before we got signed to a major label. — Debbi Peterson

Truly, I get high on oxygen, and once I graduate from that, what really fulfills me is doing what I love. That, to me, is absolutely priceless. — Debbi Fields

When somebody says, "You can't," I say, "Why not?" — Debbi Fields

What are you typing?" Livia did not share Kyle's obsession with electronic contraptions. "Currently, I'm texting Debbi, Michelle, Karen, and Sam. This incident boosts my street cred." Kyle's text was in all caps. "Oh, pardon me. I didn't realize you were straight-up gangsta," Livia mocked. "Whatever. I had some bastard's finger in my mouth tonight. I'm milking this story for all it's worth." Kyle hit send. — Debra Anastasia

I love having fun! Why not? — Debbi Fields

The
trick is that you can't find the hidden treasure until you start
digging. Often enough, if you take the leap and do something, something
will happen. Probably not what you thought, but something. — Debbi Fields

VH1 does its little '80s retro thing once in a while, all of us in our bad hairdos and unfortunate clothes. — Debbi Peterson

Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down. — Debbi Fields

We had an EP out and all of a sudden we find record companies are interested in us, and we're thinking, 'Oh, that's really nice, but we don't think we're ready for it.' — Debbi Peterson

He stood at the entrance to the kitchen, blocking my path to the front door like the Berlin Wall. -- Least Wanted — Debbi Mack

If you're going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldn't do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally. — Debbi Fields

Remember, the greatest failure is not to try. — Debbi Fields

You know, Mrs. Fields was never a business. It was a part of me ... and I never separated, oh, well, business from personal because to me they all blended together. — Debbi Fields

If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do! — Debbi Fields

No is an unacceptable answer. I'm allergic to no. — Debbi Fields

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent. — Debbi Fields

There is always competition. Whatever you do, there will be competition, and you have to decide how you're going to play. For me, I had to be the very best. I had to be the very best. Because, if I was not the very best, I would end up being number two. — Debbi Fields

I get very excited when I wake up in the morning and I am just full of oxygen. — Debbi Fields

You have to have passion when you're finding a recipe for a career. If you love what you are doing, you'll never work a day in your life. — Debbi Fields

My role is to coach, encourage, inspire, motivate, and help people. — Debbi Fields

It's so amazing, standing on the corner -this happened in Washington, D.C. - and somebody comes by in a Cadillac and you hear 'Manic Monday' on the radio, and you don't even know this person, and they're listening to it and singing along with it. Wow! Blows your mind. — Debbi Peterson

I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference. — Debbi Fields

Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them. — Debbi Fields

I love being in the moment. I love my family. I love chocolate. I love baking. — Debbi Fields

We knew we loved making cookies and every time we did, we made people happy. That was our business plan. — Debbi Fields

I've never been a morning person, and if it's one thing I don't need before my first cup of coffee, it's a visit from the cops. But at eight forty-five on a Friday morning, two of them waited for me at my law office. — Debbi Mack

The principle was right there - you couldn't miss it. The more we did for our customers, the more they did for us. — Debbi Fields

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.
Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you
find something you love to do, be the best at doing it. — Debbi Fields

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion. — Debbi Fields

I have seen American determination in people like Debbi Sommers. She runs a furniture rental business for conventions in Las Vegas. When 9/11 hit, and again, when the recession tanked the conventions business, she didn't give up, close down, or lay off her people. She taught them not just to rent furniture, but also to manufacture it. — Mitt Romney

Too many people have a wonderful dream and just talk about it rather than do something about it. — Debbi Fields

Don't ever lose sight of your dreams. And, more importantly, reach for the stars. — Debbi Fields

Never give up. The bankers and financial people did not take me seriously initially. Everyone thought I would fail. My attitude was that 'No' is an unacceptable answer when it comes to financing. — Debbi Fields

The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing. — Debbi Fields

You can run from the past, but it always catches up with you. — Debbi Mack

Doing nothing will never move you forward. — Debbi King

Money is 90% emotions and 10% math. — Debbi King

You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in. — Debbi Fields

I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor. — Debbi Fields

I believe the only limitations are the ones that we accept. — Debbi Fields

I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything. — Debbi Fields

I use nothing but the best ingredients. My cookies are always baked fresh. I price cookies so that you cannot make them at home for any less. And I still give cookies away. — Debbi Fields

I really do believe that there's no such thing as coincidence. People come into our lives for a reason. — Debbi Fields

Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great nation and in creating more jobs. It's this frontier that is endless in terms of opportunity and potential. — Debbi Fields

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have ... ," I wouldn't be here today. — Debbi Fields

The easiest thing any of us can do is give up. It doesn't matter how many no's you go through. — Debbi Fields

When you're taking care of the customer, you can never do too much. And there is no wrong way ... if it comes from the heart. — Debbi Fields

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me. — Debbi Fields

Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been. — Debbi Fields

I had always been taught that life was the other way around
that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you ... — Debbi Fields

I use my experience, my failures, my successes, and help people stay focused. — Debbi Fields

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself. — Debbi Fields

Because what nobody ever understood is that I, too, wanted to be a somebody. But how do you go through life wanting to be a someone and not knowing how? — Debbi Fields