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"People who say they don't see the acceleration of innovation is a wilful blindness. We are innovation at a wonderful speed for the basic things we think everyone should get."
"If you don't underestimate me, I won't underestimate you."
"The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing."
"The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive."
"How simple a thing it seems to me that to know ourselves as we are, we must know our mothers names."
"I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art."
"We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it."
"Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal."
"When you know how to listen everyone is the guru"
"A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion."
"Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can."
"If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works."
"Paint what you feel. Paint what you see. Paint what is real to you."
"When your intentions are very pure and clear, nature brings support to you."
"Most businesses think that product is the most important thing, but without great leadership, mission and a team that deliver results at a high level, even the best product won't make a company successful."
"I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in."
"That's why I think death is the most wonderful invention of life. It purges the system of these old models that are obsolete. I think that's one of Apple's challenges, really. When two young people walk in with the next thing, are we going to embrace it and say this is fantastic? Are you going to be willing to drop our models, or are we going to explain it away? I think we'll do better, because we're completely aware of it and we make it a priority."
"All we are is our ideas, or people. That's what keeps us going to work in the morning, to hang around these great bright people. I've always thought that recruiting is the heart and soul of what we do."
"They alone live, who live for others."
"If superstition enters, the brain is gone."
