Steve Jobs

Joanna Hoffman: "Please, you have to tell me why it's so important for it to say 'hello'."
Steve Jobs: "Hollywood, they make computers scary things. See how this reminds you of a friendly face? That the disk slot is a goofy grin? It's warm and it's playful and it needs to say 'hello'!"
Joanna Hoffman: "The computer in 2001 said 'hello' all the time and it still scared the shit out of me."

John Sculley: "You're issuing contradictory instructions, you're insubordinate, you make people miserable."
Steve Jobs: "Even if that were true, it doesn't sound that diabolical to me."

"I love that you don't care how much money a person makes, you care what they make. But what you make isn't supposed to be the part of you."

"I don't want people to dislike me. I'm indifferent to whether they dislike me."

Steve Jobs: "What is your problem?"
Joanna Hoffman: "I don't know, but I'm sure it can be traced directly back to you."

"He dropped out of a better school than I dropped out of."
[talking about Bill Gates]

Steve Jobs: "You see how this reminds you of a friendly face? It's warm and it's playful and inviting and it needs to say, 'Hello!'."
Joanna Hoffman: "If you keep alienating people for no reason, there'll be no one left for it to say 'Hello!' to."

John Sculley: "You're issuing contradictory instructions, you're insubordinate, you make people miserable."
Steve Jobs: "Even if that were true, it doesn't sound that diabolical to me."