Famous quotes by »

Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor. He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc.; the chairman and majority shareholder of Pixar; a member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors following its acquisition of Pixar; and the founder, chairman, and CEO of NeXT. Jobs is widely recognized as a pioneer of the personal computer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, along with his early business partner and fellow Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.

Update this biography »
Complete biography of Steve Jobs »

3 fans

Sort by:PopularityA - Z

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

Rate it:

I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.

Rate it:

IMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999.

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

It'll make your jaw drop.

Rate it:

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer — that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Rate it:

Think different.

Rate it:

Well, it's a start, but basically it stinks!

Rate it:

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Rate it:

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.

Rate it:

Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. It’s better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

Rate it:

I will spend my last dying breath if I need to, and I will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong. I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

Rate it:

Come down if u want a good Fortnite duos partner

Rate it:

Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?

Rate it:

(Miele) really thought the process through. They did such a great job designing these washers and dryers. I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years.

Rate it:

Apple has some tremendous assets, but I believe without some attention, the company could, could, could -- I'm searching for the right word -- could, could die.

Rate it:

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

Rate it:

Don't let the noice of others opinions drown out your inner voice.

Rate it:

Focus is about saying, No. And the result of that focus is going to be some really great products where the total is much greater than the sum of the parts.

Rate it:

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.

Rate it:

I feel like somebody just punched me in the stomach and knocked all my wind out. I'm only 30 years old and I want to have a chance to continue creating things. I know I've got at least one more great computer in me. And Apple is not going to give me a chance to do that.

Rate it:

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.

Rate it:

If I were running Apple, I would milk the Macintosh for all it's worth -- and get busy on the next great thing. The PC wars are over. Done. Microsoft won a long time ago.

Rate it:

It comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much.

Rate it:

It wasn't that Microsoft was so brilliant or clever in copying the Mac, it's that the Mac was a sitting duck for 10 years. That's Apple's problem: Their differentiation evaporated.

Rate it:

It will go down in history as a turning point for the music industry. This is landmark stuff. I can't overestimate it!

Rate it:

It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

Rate it:

It's rare that you see an artist in his 30s or 40s able to really contribute something amazing.

Rate it:

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.

Rate it:

My opinion is that the only two computer companies that are software-driven are Apple and NeXT, and I wonder about Apple.

Rate it:

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

Rate it:

Oh, and one more thing....

Rate it:

Real artists ship.

Rate it:

The cure for Apple is not cost-cutting. The cure for Apple is to innovate its way out of its current predicament.

Rate it:

The desktop computer industry is dead. Innovation has virtually ceased. Microsoft dominates with very little innovation. That's over. Apple lost. The desktop market has entered the dark ages, and it's going to be in the dark ages for the next 10 years, or certainly for the rest of this decade.

Rate it:

The Japanese have hit the shores like dead fish. They're just like dead fish washing up on the shores.

Rate it:

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Rate it:

The products suck! There's no sex in them anymore!

Rate it:

The subscription model of buying music is bankrupt. I think you could make available the Second Coming in a subscription model and it might not be successful.

Rate it:

There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.

Rate it:

We believe it's the biggest advance in animation since Walt Disney started it all with the release of Snow White 50 years ago.

Rate it:

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

Rate it:

What's new is this amazingly efficient distribution system for stolen property called the internet -- and no one's gonna shut down the internet.

Rate it:

When you’re young, you look at television and think, There’s a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that’s not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. That’s a far more depressing thought. Conspiracy is optimistic! You can shoot the bastards!

Rate it:

Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?

Rate it:

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 the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.

Rate it:

Quotes from the news wire:

It was rough, really rough, the worst time in my life.

Found on CNN 4 years ago

It got close to killing me.

Found on CNN 4 years ago

I've had her for two years now and she has taken me to a new level in the sport, i owe her everything.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago

I wish him the best, I really do, i just think he and Microsoft are a bit narrow. He’d be a broader guy if he had dropped acid once, or gone off to an ashram when he was younger.

Found on FOX News 9 years ago

You’ve got to find what you love, the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.

Found on FOX News 9 years ago

This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Found on FOX News 9 years ago

We are all born with the ultimate pointing device – our fingers – and iPhone uses them to create the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse.

Found on FOX News 9 years ago

Share your thoughts on Steve Jobs's quotes with the community:

1 Comment

Notify me of new comments via email.

Sant Lal Ghanghas
Beautiful
LikeReply7 years ago

Quote of the Day Today's Quote | Archive

Would you like us to send you a FREE inspiring quote delivered to your inbox daily?

Citation

Use the citation below to add this author page to your bibliography:

Style:MLAChicagoAPA

"Steve Jobs Quotes." Quotes.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 28 Jan. 2025. <https://www.quotes.net/authors/Steve+Jobs+Quotes>.

Missing a quote of Steve Jobs?

Know another good quote of Steve Jobs? Don't keep it to yourself!

The Web's Largest Resource for

Famous Quotes & Sayings

A Member Of The STANDS4 Network

Books related to

Steve Jobs

»

Steve Jobs
from $5.92
Steve Jobs
$29.33

from $13.96
Steve Jobs
$6.00

from $1.21
Who Was Steve Jobs?
$5.57

from $1.02
Becoming Steve Jobs
from $2.23

Our favorite collection of

Famous Authors

»

Vincent Van Gogh
1853 - 1890
Winston Churchill
1874 - 1965
Sigmund Freud
1856 - 1939
Golda Meir
1898 - 1978
Abraham Lincoln
1809 - 1865
Charles Dickens
1812 - 1870
Jane Austen
1775 - 1817

Browse Quotes.net

#A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Random New Quotes

Quiz

Are you a quotes master?

»

Who said: "Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."?

A John F. Kennedy

B Lyndon B. Johnson

C Gerald Ford

D Jimmy Carter