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My Pick of Steve Jobs’ Quotes
“The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network.” (1985)
“The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. And that may go away.” (1996)
“Things don’t have to change the world to be important.”
“The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television.”
“But we didn’t build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves.”
“For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.”
“Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.”
“The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”
“Simple can be harder than complex.”
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me.”
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have.”
“The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.”
“So when these people sell out, even though they get fabulously rich, they’re gypping themselves out of one of the potentially most rewarding experiences of their unfolding lives.”
“But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea.”
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful.”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”