Steve Jobs Quotes
You know, my main reaction to this money thing is that it's humorous, all the attention to it, because it's hardly the most insightful or valuable thing that's happened to me.
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)
We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.
We're going to be able to ask our computers to monitor things for us, and when certain conditions happen, are triggered, the computers will take certain actions and inform us after the fact.
Great things in business are never done by one person.They are done by a team of people
God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth.
Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.
Woz is living his own life now. He hasn't been around Apple for about five years. But what he did will go down in history.
I'd been rejected, but I was still in love, so I decided to start over.
Sculley found Jobs as memorable as his machine. " He seemed more a showman than a businessman. Every move seemed calculated, as if it was rehearsed, to create an occasion of the moment.
I'm an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.
You have to be burning with an idea, or a problem, or a wrong that you want to right. If you're not passionate enough from the start, you'll never stick it out.
We at Apple had forgotten who we were. One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.
Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling, " according to Amelio. " He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Oliver as Macbeth.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
Each year has been so robust with problems and successes and learning experiences and human experienes that a year is a lifetime at Apple. So this has been ten lifetimes.
As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.
If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow.
You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.
The Only Way to Do Great Work is To Love What You Do
Death is the destination we all share, no one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life.
What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.
In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer. It's interior decorating. It's the fabric of the curtains and the sofa. But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design.
