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• "A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets."
• "Apple's market share is bigger than BMW's or Mercedes's or Porsche's in the automotive market. What's wrong with being BMW or Mercedes."
• "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
• "Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."
• "I think we're having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we're always trying to do better."
• "I want to put a ding in the universe."
• "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."
• "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."
• "It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor."
• "It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now."
• "Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation."
• "Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations."
• "The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay."
• "To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines."
• "Why join the navy if you can be a pirate?"