Knows Quotes by Steve Jobs

Let them know precisely what you are going to do with their data

— Steve Jobs

When we started off we didn't know how to spell software.

— Steve Jobs

Unfortunately, people are not rebelling against Microsoft. They don't know any better.

— Steve Jobs

Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

— Steve Jobs

I know that living with me was not a bowl of cherries.

— Steve Jobs

This is a very noisy world, so we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us

— Steve Jobs

It isn't the consumers' job to know what they want.

— Steve Jobs

People don't know what they want until you show it to them. That's why I never rely on marketing research. Our task…

— Steve Jobs

I'm the only person I know that's lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. It's very character-building.

— 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…

— Steve Jobs

You know, you keep on innovating, you keep on making better stuff. And if you always want the latest and greatest, then…

— Steve Jobs

This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo,…

— Steve Jobs

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show…

— Steve Jobs

I know from my own education that if I hadn't encountered two or three individuals that spent extra time with me, I'm…

— Steve Jobs

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…

— Steve Jobs

I don't mind if people don't like me. Well, I might a little ... but I really mind it when somebody uses…

— Steve Jobs

You know we're constantly taking. We don't make most of the food we eat, we don't grow it, anyway. We wear clothes…

— Steve Jobs

The thing that drives me and my colleagues at both Apple and Pixar is that you see something very compelling to you,…

— Steve Jobs

I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted…

— Steve Jobs

I don't want to fail, of course. But even though I didn't know how bad things really were, I still had a…

— Steve Jobs

So when a good idea comes, you know, part of my job is to move it around, just see what different people…

— Steve Jobs

When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in……

— Steve Jobs

I know you have 1000 great ideas for things that iTunes could do. And we have 1000 more. But innovation is not…

— Steve Jobs

We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life.…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

You know, Dr. Edwin Land was a troublemaker. He dropped out of Harvard and founded Polaroid. Not only was he one of…

— Steve Jobs

Companies, as they grow to become multi-billion-dollar entities, somehow lose their vision. They insert lots of layers of middle management between the…

— Steve Jobs

Believe things will work out. How was I ever to know that the girl who broke my heart in university would lead…

— Steve Jobs

Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview.

— Steve Jobs

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help make the big choices in life.…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

Recruiting is hard. It's just finding the needles in the haystack. You can't know enough in a one-hour interview. So, in the…

— Steve Jobs

What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating. I didn't really know what to…

— Steve Jobs

Marketing is about values. It's a complicated and noisy world, and we're not going to get a chance to get people to…

— Steve Jobs

I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble.' And, you…

— Steve Jobs

You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future... The only way to do great work is to…

— Steve Jobs