If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them. If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it was very, very clear looking backward 10 years later.

We're just enthusiastic about what we do.

When the sales guys run the company, the product guys do not matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off.

You can't win on innovation unless you have a way to communicate it to customers.

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.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.