Steve Jobs

Steven Paul Jobs (born February 24, 1955) is the co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Apple Inc. He started the company with Steve Wozniak in 1976.

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I make 50 cents for showing up ... and the other 50 cents is based on my performance.

What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

• "It's better to be a pirate than to join the Navy."

Simple: Being a pirate is better than joining the Navy.

• "It'll make your jaw drop."

Simple: It'll surprise you.

• "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." [At the Apple Music Event 9th September 2008]
  • Originally from Mark Twain: The report of my death was an exaggeration.

Simple: People exaggerate about my death.

• "I make 50 cents for showing up ... and the other 50 cents is based on my performance."

Simple: I am paid 50 cents a year for coming to work, and another 50 cents for doing a good job.

• "I wish him [Bill Gates] 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."

Simple: I wish Bill Gates good luck. I just think he needs to open up. He would be a more accepting person if he had used drugs when he was younger.

• "What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds."

Simple: I think the computer is the most important thing that people have ever created. It is like a bicycle for our brains.

• "I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products."

Simple: I wish creating great things was easy like writing a check. If that was the case, then Microsoft would have great products.

• "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

Simple: Life is short, so do not waste your time living the life of another person.

• "I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'No', for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Simple: Every morning, I ask myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer is "No", then I know I need to change something.

• "We used to dream about this stuff. Now we get to build it. It's pretty great."

Simple: We used to dream about making this stuff. Now we get to build it. It's pretty great.

• "What customers told us was, they started to see it as a game machine."

Simple: Our customers told us that they saw the iPod touch as a game machine.

Other websites

• Steve Jobs on Wikipedia
• Steve Jobs on Wikimedia Commons
• Works by Steve Jobs on the English Wikisource