Progressively saved by the machine from the anxieties that bound his hands and mind to material toil, relieved of a large part of his work and compelled to an ever-increasing speed of action by the devices which his intelligence cannot help ceaselessly creating and perfecting, man is about to find himself abruptly plunged into idleness.

Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

The worker of the world has nothing to lose, but their chains, workers of the world unite.

Society does not consist of individuals but expresses the sum of interrelations, the relations within which these individuals stand.

I happen to be a big fan of Western civilization; I think it beats the hell out of tyranny and starvation.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society.

There is a difference between what technology enables and what historical business practices enable.

If you look at the history of our country over the last 100 years, there have been periods where science and research have been celebrated. They were really kind of held up as heroes in society, which encouraged a generation of people to go into these fields.

My son likes to go see mines and electric plants, or the Large Hadron Collider, and we’ve had a chance to see a lot of interesting stuff.

When I look at public opinion, I’m not far out of the mainstream. I’m in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I’ve ever said.

I don’t have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.

This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.

The ‚public‘ scares me, but people I trust.

It is hard to read a newspaper or watch a television newscast without encountering someone who has come up with a new ‚solution‘ to society’s ‚problems.‘

Connectivity just can’t be a privilege for people in the richest countries. We believe that connecting everyone in the world is one of the great challenges of our generation, and that’s why we are happy to play whatever small part in that that we can.

For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.

Folks, you’re the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed to keep your companies open. Because of your productivity, the combined auto companies have committed to invest another $23 billion in expansion in America.

We’re a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we’re all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that’s a marvelous thing.

All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

The computer brings out the worst in some people.

If you’ve spent a long time developing a skill and techniques, and now some 14 year-old upstart can get exactly the same result, you might feel a bit miffed I suppose, but that has happened forever.

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

History has proven that each generation of Howard graduates will forge the way forward for our country and our world.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Of course humans like to explore, and we should. There’s nothing wrong with that. But it’s more than that. It’s essential for your children and your children’s children.

Microsoft is not about greed. It’s about innovation and fairness.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.

A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has been brought to public life is not as likely to insist upon or regard that quality in its chosen leaders today – and in fact we have forgotten.

You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead.

Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.

We’re already cyborgs. Your phone and your computer are extensions of you, but the interface is through finger movements or speech, which are very slow.

Someday, the capitalist system will disappear in the United States, because no social class system has been eternal. One day, class societies will disappear.

Whether one welcomes or deplores it, nothing is more surely and exactly characteristic of modern times than the irresistible invasion of the human world by technology. Mechanism invading like a tide all the places of the earth and all forms of social activity.

It’s a juicy thing to say we’re building a phone, which is why people want to write about it. But it’s so clearly the wrong strategy for us.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

When I was in my 40s, Microsoft was my primary activity.

If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.

Working with a lot of people at the same time is a task. I really like making stuff and getting stuff done. One of the things I really liked about Facebook was that I could always move so quickly. I wrote the original application in, like, nine days at the end of January.

Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.

There can be economy only where there is efficiency.

I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple’s product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium.

Gentleness doesn’t get work done unless you happen to be a hen laying eggs.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

It may be the cock that crows, but it is the hen that lays the eggs.

The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

I’ve never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.

The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

How do people relate to movies now, when they’re on portable devices or streaming them? It’s not as much about going to the movies. That experience has changed.

I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It’s been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much – if at all.

If Jesus were here today, he wouldn’t be riding around on a donkey. He’d be taking a plane, he’d be using the media.

Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do.