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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.