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> [The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-most-compelling-reason-for-most-people-to-buy-a-computer-for-the/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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> [The thing that drives me and my colleagues at both Apple and Pixar is that you see something very compelling to you, and you don't quite know how to get to it, but you know, sometimes intuitively, it's within your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-thing-that-drives-me-and-my-colleagues-at-both-apple-and-pixar-is/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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## Other authors on Compelling

## More by Steve Jobs

> [Who wants a stylus. You have to get em and put em away, and you lose em. Yuck. Nobody wants a stylus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/who-wants-a-stylus-you-have-to-get-em-and-put-em-away-and-you-lose-em/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The reason that Apple is able to create products like iPad is because we always try to be at the intersection of technology and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-reason-that-apple-is-able-to-create-products-like-ipad-is-because/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I admire Mark Zuckerberg... for not selling out, for wanting to make a company. I admire that a lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-admire-mark-zuckerberg-for-not-selling-out-for-wanting-to-make-a/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/if-you-want-to-hire-great-people-and-have-them-stay-you-have-to-be/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/everything-around-you-that-you-call-life-was-made-up-by-people-that/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/innovation-is-not-about-saying-yes-to-everything-it-s-about-saying-no/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple's CEO, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-have-always-said-if-there-ever-came-a-day-when-i-could-no-longer/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/when-you-first-start-off-trying-to-solve-a-problem-the-first/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [I'm not dismissing the value of higher education; I'm simply saying it comes at the expense of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-m-not-dismissing-the-value-of-higher-education-i-m-simply-saying-it/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/to-yoyo-ma-you-playing-is-the-best-argument-i-ve-ever-heard-for-the/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The most important thing is a person. A person who incites your curiosity and feeds your curiosity; and machines cannot do that in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-most-important-thing-is-a-person-a-person-who-incites-your/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [The tragedy is that Dell didn't win it - we lost it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/the-tragedy-is-that-dell-didn-t-win-it-we-lost-it/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/i-think-great-artists-and-great-engineers-are-similar-in-that-they/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/it-s-rare-that-you-see-an-artist-in-his-30s-or-40s-able-to-really/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/we-re-going-to-be-able-to-ask-our-computers-to-monitor-things-for-us/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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