Influence Quote by Walter Isaacson

“The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost,” Arthur Rock later said. The theory,…

— Walter Isaacson

But I think Steve's main contribution besides just the pure leadership is his passion for excellence. He's a perfectionist. Good enough isn't good enough.…

— Andy Hertzfeld

Of all the stars whom I worked with, I think Steve knew better what worked for him on the screen than any other. He…

— Robert Wise

“The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost,”

— Walter Isaacson

Steve had a broad, easy smile and the biggest hands I had ever seen. I could tell by his stature and stride that he…

— Terri Irwin

“Steve’s talked about the goal of Apple, and the goal of Apple is not to make money but to make really nice products, really…

— Adam Lashinsky

Steve was such an example as one man doing what he could to change the world.

— Terri Irwin

“Like most pathological personalities, *Andrew MacIntosh never cared much whether what he said was true or not - and so he was tremendously persuasive.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

The competitors, like Commodore and Kaypro, were all doing speeds and feeds, whereas Steve always wanted things like “What is the significance in the…

— Steve Hayden

“To be honest, I was uneasy about Steve. He had a forceful personality, whereas I do not, and I felt threatened by him. For…

— Ed Catmull

“Despite his famously hearty laugh and cheerful public persona, he is capable of the same kind of acerbic outbursts as Apple’s late founder, Steve…

— Brad Stone

“Tim Cook When Steve Jobs returned to Apple and produced the “Think Different” ads and the iMac in his first year, it confirmed what…

— Walter Isaacson