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Steve Jobs may have descended from Apple’s CEO throne, but he’s left behind plenty of pithy insights. Have a look at some of our favorite quotes.
"Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works."
—Jobs in a February 1996 Wired interview. Apple's attention to design on Jobs' watch has been nothing short of revolutionary, transforming the computer and music industry.
"This will go down in history as a turning point for the music industry. This is landmark stuff. I can't overestimate it!"
"Do you want to sell sugar water for the rest of your life or do you want to come with me and change the world?"
—The line Jobs used to persuade John Sculley (then PepsiCo president) to become Apple's CEO in 1983, according to Sculley. Sculley was instrumental in eventually ousting Jobs from Apple in 1986. (via PBS)
"What a computer is to me is, it's the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with, and it's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."
—Jobs speaking about human evolution in Michael Lawrence's documentary series Memory and Imagination.
"The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We’re just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people—as remarkable as the telephone."
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking."
—Jobs in his commencement address at Stanford University, on June 12, 2005.
"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
—Jobs in his commencement address at Stanford University, on June 12, 2005. Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in mid-2004.
"There's an old Hindu saying that comes into my mind occasionally: "For the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you." As I'm going to be 30 in February, the thought has crossed my mind."
—Jobs in his February 1, 1985 interview with Playboy.
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