Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence.

the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.

We did not enter the search business. Google entered the phone business. Make no mistake they want to kill the iPhone. We won't let them.

Pixar is seen by a lot of folks as an overnight success, but if you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.

When I went to school, it was right after the '60s and before this general wave of practical purposefulness had set in.... The idealistic wind of the '60s was still at our backs, though, and most of the people I know who are my age have that engrained in them forever.

Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.

Why would I ever want to run Disney? Wouldn't it make more sense just to sell them Pixar and retire?