Steve Jobs * Quotes

Steve Wozniak: "What do you do? You're not an engineer. You're not a designer. You can't put a hammer to a nail. I built the circuit board! The graphical interface was stolen! So how come ten times in a day I read Steve Jobs is a genius? What do you do?"
Steve Jobs: "Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra."

"Why do people like you, who were adopted, feel like they were rejected instead of selected?"

"It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time."

Andy Hertzfeld: "It's a system error."
Steve Jobs: "Fix it!"
Andy Hertzfeld: "Fix it?"
Steve Jobs: "Yeah!"
Andy Hertzfeld: "We're not a pit crew at Daytona. This can't be fixed in seconds."
Steve Jobs: "You didn't have seconds. You had three weeks. The universe was created in a third of that time."
Andy Hertzfeld: "Well, someday, you'll have to tell us how you did it."

John Sculley: "You're gonna end me, aren't you?"
Steve Jobs: "You're being ridiculous. I'm gonna sit center court and watch you do it yourself."

"If a fire causes a stampede to the unmarked exits, it'll have been well worth it for those who survive. For those who don't, less so, but still pretty good. "

Joanna Hoffman: "I'm begging you to manage expectations."
Steve Jobs: "Have I ever let you down?"
Joanna Hoffman: "Every single goddamn time."
Steve Jobs: "Then I'm due."