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Technology Quotes by Steve Jobs

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Steve Jobs believed that great technology grows when art and engineering meet. He imagined computers that could watch for events and act on their own, and he praised teams of musicians, poets, and scientists who built the Macintosh. He also noted that personal computers let millions experience computing long before it became common.

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Mac OS X Tiger will come out long before Longhorn.

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Technology alone is not enough.

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Innovation is saying 'no' to 1,000 things.

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Apple took the edge off the word 'computer.'

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We limit how much technology our kids use at home.

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It's not a faith in technology. It's faith in people.

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Computers are like a bicycle for our minds

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Innovation is the only way to win.

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Sometimes you innovate, you make mistakes.It is best to admit them quickly and get on improving your other innovations.

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One of the failures of technology companies is that they build technologies thinking everything else will work out.

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My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT, and I wonder about Apple.

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The problem is I'm older now, I'm 40 years old, and this stuff doesn't change the world. It really doesn't.

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

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iMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999.

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I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

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Bill Gates'd be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.

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Technology is nothing ,Whats important is that you have a faith in people,that theyre basically good and smart,and if you give them…

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Apple is the only company in the world that has all of that under one roof. We can invent a complete a…

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We have never worried about numbers. In the marketplace, Apple is trying to focus the spotlight on products, because products really make…

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Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had…

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You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and…

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

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I think the Macintosh was created by a group of people who felt that ah there wasn't a strict vision between sort…

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The reason that Apple is able to create products like the iPad is because we've always tried to be at the intersection…

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These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a…

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I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and…

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The engineering is long gone in most PC companies. In the consumer electronics companies, they don't understand the software parts of it.…

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With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally…

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A computer is the most incredible tool we've ever seen. It can be a writing tool, a communications center, a supercalculator, a…

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I was actually a fruitarian at that point in time. I ate only fruit. Now I'm a garbage can like everyone else.…

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I told [Bill Gates] I believed every word of what I said but that I should never have said it in public.…

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The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in…

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At Apple, people are putting in 18-hour days. We attract a different type of person—a person who doesn’t want to wait five…

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Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done…

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“Design is not limited to fancy new gadgets. Our family just bought a new washing machine and dryer. We didn’t have a…

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The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and…

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If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally…

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“There’s lots of ways to be as a person, and some people express their deep appreciation in different ways, but one of…

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

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Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.

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Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.

The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…

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“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”

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When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…

I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.

“To YoYo Ma: "You playing is the best argument I've ever heard for the existence of God, because I don't really believe a human…

The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…

The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.

“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

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…