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Steve Jobs Quotes - Page 14

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The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are

The problem with the Internet startup craze isn't that too many people are starting companies; it's that too many people aren't sticking with it. That's somewhat understandable, because there are many moments that are filled with despair and agony, when you have to fire people and cancel things and deal with very difficult situations. That's when you find out who you are and what your values are.

Business, Difficult Situations, Agony

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.69, Prabhat Prakashan

When we hire someone, even if they are going to be in marketing, I will have them talk to the design folks and the engineers.

Design, Marketing, Folks

All the work I've done in my life will be obsolete by the time I'm fifty.

Done, Fifty, Obsolete

In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make it great.

Inspirational, Leadership, Chosen

Never settle for average.

Motivational, Average, Never Settle

"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything.

Iphone, Revolutionary, Products

"Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone in 2007". www.nydailynews.com. January 08, 2016,.

It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.

Music, Online, Stores

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.68, Prabhat Prakashan

I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

Apples, Church, Loyal

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.20, Prabhat Prakashan

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

Mean, Focus, Saying Yes

"Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011" by Steven Levy, www.wired.com. October 5, 2011.

We make tools for people. Tools to create, tools to communicate. The age we're living in, these tools surprise you. ... That's why I love what we do. Because we make these tools, and we're constantly surprised with what people do with them.

People, Age, Tools

It [what you choose to do] has got to be something that you're passionate about because otherwise you won't have the perseverance to see it through.

Leadership, Perseverance, Passionate

I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm sure I would have been in jail.

Two, Extra Time, Jail

"Steve Jobs interview: One-on-one in 1995". Interview with Daniel Morrow, www.computerworld.com. October 6, 2011.

This revolution, the information revolution, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy.

Intellectual, Energy, Information

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.75, Prabhat Prakashan

The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.

Leadership, Artist, Risk

"Embracing vulnerability at work is the key to employee engagement" by Monica Parker, www.theguardian.com. September 30, 2013.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it less true.

Jobs, Simplicity, Campaigns

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Success, Business, Technology

"Speaking Out: Apple's and Pixar's Steve Jobs". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. August 25, 2003.

The over-all point is that new technology will not necessarily replace old technology, but it will date it. By definition. Eventually, it will replace it. But it's like people who had black-and-white TVs when color came out. They eventually decided whether or not the new technology was worth the investment.

Black And White, Technology, Color

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.82, Prabhat Prakashan

It gave a tremendous level of self-confidence, that through exploration and learning one could understand seemingly very complex things in one's environment.

Self Confidence, Levels, Environment

"If We Don’t Let Our Children Play, Who Will Be the Next Steve Jobs?" by Darell Hammond, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.

Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you're doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.

Inspiring, Memorable, Thinking

"The Television Program Transcripts: Part III". www.pbs.org.

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing. Of course, there are some people who are innately curious, forever little kids in their awe of life, but they're rare.

Kids, Artist, People

"Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, reprints.longform.org. February 1985.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

Thinking, Blue, Jeans

Newsweek, September 30, 1985.

The people who built Silicon Valley were engineers. They learned business, they learned a lot of different things, but they had a real belief that humans, if they worked hard with other creative, smart people, could solve most of humankind's problems. I believe that very much.

Real, Smart, Believe

"Steve Jobs: the Next Insanely Great Thing". Interview with Wired, www.wired.com. February 1, 1996.

When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they going to fall in love with Apple? Because if they fall in love with Apple, everything else will take care of itself. They'll want to do what's best for Apple, not what's best for them, what's best for Steve, or anybody else.

Life, Senior, Falling In Love

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.

Mean, Creativity, Thinking

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.37, Prabhat Prakashan

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I'm not downplaying that.

Children, Technology, Birth Defects

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