Quotations from Steve Jobs of Apple Computer.
“I’ve always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.”
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It’s not about money. It’s about the [...]
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in [...]
Quotations by Warren Buffett (1930 - )
If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.
In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
The only time to buy these is on a day [...]
Values were meant to be costly. If it doesn’t cost much, we probably wouldn’t appreciate the value.
To become financially independent you must turn part of your income into capital; turn capital into enterprise; turn enterprise into profit; turn profit into investment; and turn investment into financial independence.
You cannot succeed by yourself. It’s hard to find [...]
All governments needed to remain under suspicion during their time of power. Trust no government! Not even mine! (Chapterhouse: Dune)
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a [...]