I'd rather be a Pirate than join the Navy

First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.

The axis today is not liberal and conservative, the axis is constructive-destructive.

The roots of apple were to build computers for people, not for corporations. The world doesn't need another dell or compaq.

I was worth about over a million dollars when I was 23 and over ten million dollars when I was 24, and over a hundred million dollars when I was 25 and... it wasn't that important — because I never did it for the money.

Do your best at every job. Don't sleep! Success generates more success so be hungry for it. Hire good people with a passion for excellence.

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.