Steve Jobs Quotes

1955–2011 United States

Steven Paul Jobs (24 February 1955 – 5 October 2011) was the Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc., a company he founded with Steve Wozniak in 1976. He was also the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2006.

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Also known as: Jobs, Steve, Steven Jobs, Steven Paul Jobs

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And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.

Mathematics is really a liberal art if you look at it from a slightly different point of view.

Steve Jobs Lost Interview - A must watch for any entrepeneur (1990)

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

You've baked a really lovely cake, but then you've used dog shit for frosting.

There are sneakers that cost more than an iPod.

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

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

Address at Stanford University (2005)

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. It is so hard.

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

But in the end, for something this complicated, 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.

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

Pixar is the most technically advanced creative company; Apple is the most creatively advanced technical company.

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

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

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

Because I'm the CEO, and I think it can be done.

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

I’m going to destroy Android, because it’s a stolen product. I’m willing to go thermonuclear war on this.

Steve Jobs quoted on Google Android (2010)

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

Apple Confidential 2.0: The Definitive History of the World's Most Colorful Company (2004)

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

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