So [Polaroid's Dr. Edwin] Land, at 75, went off to spend the remainder of his life doing pure science, trying to crack the code of color vision. The man is a national treasure. I don't understand why people like that can't be held up as models: This is the most incredible thing to be - not an astronaut, not a football player - but this.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

The most compelling reason for most people to buy a computer for the home will be to link it to a nationwide communications network. We're just in the beginning stages of what will be a truly remarkable breakthrough for most people - as remarkable as the telephone.

To have your whole music library with you at all times is a quantum leap in listening to music. How do we possibly do this?

I've got to tell you, the Internet is a place you go when you want to turn your brain on, and television is a place you go when you want to turn your brain off. I'm not at all convinced that the twain will meet.

In the first 30 years of your life, you make your habits. For the last 30 years of your life, your habits make you.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.