“I've been going to the same grocery store for 13 years, and all of a sudden one day everybody was like, 'Oh, my God.” YearsOne DayStoresGroceriesGrocery Stores Author:Megan Mullally
“I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.” WorldJourneyPositionOne DayIncrediblesStoresHonestlyAround The WorldStarbucks Author:Howard Schultz
“My father owned a music store when I was growing up in Rock Falls, Illinois. He could play all the instruments, which you had to do when you owned a music store back then. One day, when I was three years old, he took me to a parade. When the drums passed by, I got so excited I told him wanted to learn to play them.” YearsPlayWantedFallThreeFatherGrowing UpGrowingRocksOne DayInstrumentsExcitedStoresThree YearsParadesIllinoisThree Year Olds Author:Louie Bellson
“One day I went to the manager and I asked him whether his model was working and he said, "Well, haven't you seen how many customers we have in this store?" And yes indeed I had. I mean it was definitely attracting a lot of customers, even attracting tourist buses that would land up at this store and people would go through the store and marvel at all the options, even sometimes take photographs of the various aisles.” PeopleWellsMeanSaidSometimesLandHavensOne DayModelsPhotographVariousCustomersStoresManagersBusTouristsAisle Author:Sheena Iyengar
“Try this experiment: one day go in a record store and just try and guess what the music sounds like by looking at the album cover.” TryingSoundRecordsOne DayAlbumsStoresExperimentsRecord StoresAlbum Covers Author:DJ Spooky
“I remember, and I will never forget, one day - I was six years old and I was playing beside the road and this plantation owner drove up to me and stopped and asked me "could I pick some cotton." I told him I didn't know and he said, "Yes, you can. I will give you things that you want from the commissary store," and he named a huge list that he called off. I picked the 30 pounds of cotton that week, but I found out what actually happened was he was trapping me into beginning the work I was to keep doing and I never did get out of his debt again.” KnowsWantGivingYearsSaidRememberFoundForgetHappenedWeekHugeOne DaySixPicksDebtStoresListsOwnersPoundsNever ForgetCottonSix Year OldsPlantationsYes You Can Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“When I was 16... I worked in a pet store. And they fired me because... they had three snakes in there, and one day I braided them.” ThreeOne DayStoresPetSnakesAdorableOwning A Pet Author:Steven Wright