You've probably had somebody punch you in the stomach and it knocks the wind of you and you can't breathe. That's how I felt.

Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.

We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them.

Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking.

It's not like Windows users don't have any power. I think they are happy with Windows, and that's an incredibly depressing thought

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication-- Steve Jobs turned this into the slogan behind an early Mac advertising campaign. Which doesn't make it less true.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.