Debbi Fields Quotes

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

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.

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.

I believe the only limitations are the ones that we accept.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Being good enough never is.

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.

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.

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

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

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 ...

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

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.

I love being in the moment. I love my family. I love chocolate. I love baking.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.