Thinking Quotes by Steve Jobs

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

— Steve Jobs

Nobody has tried to swallow us since I've been here. I think they are afraid how we would taste.

— Steve Jobs

Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

I think Pixar has the opportunity to be the next Disney - not replace Disney - but be the next Disney.

— Steve Jobs

I don't think of my life as a career. I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That's not a career - it's…

— Steve Jobs

I hate the way people use PowerPoints instead of thinking

— Steve Jobs

The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't…

— Steve Jobs

We're cautious. We'd rather exceed expectations than miss but I think it's going to be a continued difficult economy. Apple is trying…

— Steve Jobs

It's not like Windows users don't have any power. I think they are happy with Windows, and that's an incredibly depressing thought

— Steve Jobs

But innovation comes from people meeting up in the hallways or calling each other at 10:30 at night with a new idea,…

— Steve Jobs

“Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s…

— Steve Jobs

We think Android is very, very fragmented, and becoming more fragmented by the day. And as you know, Apple strives for the…

— Steve Jobs

The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer - that the designers…

— Steve Jobs

So we went to Atari and said, 'Hey, we've got this amazing thing, even built with some of your parts, and what…

— Steve Jobs

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to…

— Steve Jobs

Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things.…

— 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

That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are…

— Steve Jobs

We think the Mac will sell zillions, but we didn't build the Mac for anybody else. We built it for ourselves. We…

— Steve Jobs

Start small, think big. Don’t worry about too many things at once. Take a handful of simple things to begin with, and…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

Heres to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes¦ the ones who see…

— Steve Jobs

The minute that you understand that you can poke life and actually something will pop out the other side, that you can…

— 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

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

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

I think the world's a better place because Bill realized that his goal isn't to be the richest guy in the cemetery,…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

To do anything of magnitude takes at least five years, more likely seven or eight. Rightfully or wrongfully, that's how I think.

— Steve Jobs

I think PCs are going to be like trucks. Less people will need them. And this is going to make some people…

— Steve Jobs

The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And…

— Steve Jobs

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really…

— Steve Jobs

I think we need editorial oversight now more than ever. Anything we can do to help newspapers find new ways of expression…

— Steve Jobs

People say sometimes, "You work in the fastest-moving industry in the world." I don't feel that way. I think I work in…

— Steve Jobs

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

— Steve Jobs

I think the biggest innovations of the 21st century will be at the intersection of biology and technology. A new era is…

— Steve Jobs