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- It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.
- Get closer than ever to your customers. So close that you tell them what they need well before they realize it themselves
- Your customers don't care about you. They don't care about your product or service. They care about themselves, their dreams, their goals. Now, they will…
- You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
- If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to…
- Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people who do things from the people…
- I end up not buying a lot of things, because I find them ridiculous.
- 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,…
- You're missing it. This is not a one-man show. What's reinvigorating this company is two things: One, there's a lot of really talented people in…
- When I hire somebody really senior, competence is the ante. They have to be really smart. But the real issue for me is, Are they…
- I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one else…
- I'm sure a lot of you had this experience when you're changing. You're growing as a person and people tend to treat you like you…
- We all have a short period of time on this earth-We probably only have the opportunity to do a few things really great and do…
- When we hire someone, even if they are going to be in marketing, I will have them talk to the design folks and the engineers.
- Marketing is about values. It's a complicated and noisy world, and we're not going to get a chance to get people to remember much about…
- We make tools for people. Tools to create, tools to communicate. The age we're living in, these tools surprise you. ... That's why I love…
- If you want to hire great people and have them stay, you have to be run by ideas, not hierarchy. The best ideas have to…
- My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better. My job is to pull things together from different…
- This is a very noisy world, so we have to be very clear what we want them to know about us
- Most people do not ever pick up the phone. They never ask, and that is what separates the people that do things from the people…
- I think we need editorial oversight now more than ever. Anything we can do to help newspapers find new ways of expression that will help…
- When you have feelings like sadness or anger about your cancer or your plight, to mask them is to lead an artificial life.
- It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to…
- We do not say anything about future products. We work on them in secret, then we announce them.
- Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow…
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster