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Steve Jobs Quotes - Page 16

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John Sculley ruined Apple and he ruined it by bringing a set of values to the top of Apple which were corrupt and corrupted some of the top people who were there, drove out some of the ones who were not corruptible, and

John Sculley ruined Apple and he ruined it by bringing a set of values to the top of Apple which were corrupt and corrupted some of the top people who were there, drove out some of the ones who were not corruptible, and brought in more corrupt ones and paid themselves collectively tens of millions of dollars and cared more about their own glory and wealth than they did about what built Apple in the first place which was making great computers for people to use.

Apples, People, Firsts

Excerpts from an Oral History Interview with Daniel Morrow: "The Growth of Apple Computer", americanhistory.si.edu. April 20, 1995.

Some people can do one thing magnificently, like Michelangelo, and others make things like semiconductors or build 747 airplanes -- that type of work requires legions of people. In order to do things well, that can't be done by one person, you must find extraordinary people.

Airplane, Order, People

Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

Technology, Apples, Creative

Fortune, February 21, 2005.

The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They're just like dead fish washing up on the shores.

Fishes, Shore, Washing

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.52, Prabhat Prakashan

When the sales guys run the company, the product guys do not matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off.

Running, Guy, Matter

It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry.

Apples, People, Personality

"Steve Jobs: `There's Sanity Returning'". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. May 25, 1998.

If you ask who are the customers of education, the customers of education are the society at large, the employers who hire people, things like that. But ultimately I think the customers are the parents. Not even the students but the parents. The problem that we have in this country is that the customers went away. The customers stopped paying attention to their schools, for the most part.

Country, School, Thinking

"Steve Jobs: America's Schools Are Dying". Interview With Daniel Morrow, www.forbes.com. October 24, 2011.

I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a lot to think about before I said yes. I had to consider the implications for Pixar, for my family, for my reputation. I decided that I didn't really care, because this is what I want to do. If I try my best and fail, well, I've tried my best.

Thinking, Trying, Care

"The Biggest Secret to Life (and Work)" by Ayelet Baron, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2017.

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.

Philosophical, Artist, Best Job

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.25, Prabhat Prakashan

When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in.... The idealistic wind of the '60s was still at our backs, though, and most of the people I know who are my age have that engrained in them forever.

School, Wind, People

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

I met Woz when I was 13, at a friend's garage. He was about 18. He was, like, the first person I met who knew more electronics than I did at that point. We became good friends, because we shared an interest in computer and we had a sense of humor. We pulled all kinds of pranks together.

Best Friend, Good Friend, Together

"Playboy Interview: Steve Jobs". Interview With David Sheff, genius.com. February 1, 1985.

I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

Views, Wealth, Net Worth

"Reward, huge. Motivation, nil" by Simon Caulkin, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2000.

That's my job - to make sure everything is great.

Jobs

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

Good PR educates people; that's all it is. You can't con people in this business. The products speak for themselves.

People, Speak, Educate

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.24, Prabhat Prakashan

An iPod, a phone, an internet mobile communicator... these are NOT three separate devices! And we are calling it iPhone! Today Apple is going to reinvent the phone. And here it is.

Technology, Iphone, Phones

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.51, Prabhat Prakashan

What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down. I was a very public failure.

Focus, Entrepreneur, Adults

"'You've Got to Find What You Love,' Jobs Says". Commencement address at Stanford, news.stanford.edu. June 12, 2005.

I buy everything from CostCo. It's great; they've got everything I need.

Needs, Costco

I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint.

Inspirational, Hate, Thinking

But Apple really beats to a different drummer. I used to say that Apple should be the Sony of this business, but in reality, I think Apple should be the Apple of this business.

Business, Reality, Thinking

"Steve Jobs: `There's Sanity Returning'". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. May 25, 1998.

The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

Roots, Apples, People

I think this is the start of something really big. Sometimes that first step is the hardest one, and we've just taken it.

Taken, Thinking, Firsts

I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete.

Thinking, Wonderful, Invention

Playboy Interview, genius.com.

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

Business, Mean, Technology

"The Seed of Apple's Innovation". Bloomberg interview, www.bloomberg.com. October 12, 2004.

And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

Encouraging, Life Lesson, Bigger

Steve Jobs (0101). “Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs”, p.54, Prabhat Prakashan

We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. We could be sitting in a monastery somewhere in Japan. We could be out sailing. Some of the team could be playing golf. They could be running other companies. And we've all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it. And we think it is.

Running, Team, Creativity

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