M.C. Steve Quotes

Everybody in this country should learn how to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.

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.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

I look at the human life like an experiment. Every new moment, every new experience, tragic or otherwise, is an opportunity to gain a more accurate perspective and helps lead me to clarity.

If you fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

I can endure more pain then anyone you've met. That's why I win, because I can endure more pain.

The easier it is to do something, the harder it is to change the way you do it.

If you don't cannibalize yourself, someone else will.

The most precious resource we have is time.

Taking LSD was a profound experience, one of the most important things in my life.

Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

Having a goal in your mind helps you manifest it in some way.

Our team, because of our depth and our talent, we were able to do that, and it turned into a special season as a result.

As a matter of fact, I personally would much rather hear Perotin than Mozart.

For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

What a computer is to me is the most remarkable tool that we have ever come up with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

Possessing a healthy imagination is a necessary ingredient for creativity.

I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

Steve Jobs doesn't use a Mac, and won't, because it's too crappy in his opinion.

I have a low tolerance for mediocrity in music and life. I'm into pain and joy and the in-between doesn't interest me.

Dance music is my love, is my passion, is my life. I live for my fans and take my art very seriously.

Shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it, versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.

The journey is the reward

Your dream has to be bigger than your fear.

You've got to quit lowering your standards. Set your requirements up front so when a guy hooks you, he has to know this is business.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Memphis is in a very lucky position on the map. Everything just gravitated to Memphis for years.

Many ALS patients end up fading away quietly and dying. For me, this was not OK. I did not want to fade away quietly.

You should always want your coach to be critical. It gives you an opportunity to learn and to overcome adversity

Your career is what you're paid for. Your calling is what you're made for.

We all have a timeline. Most of us don't live like we have a timeline.

In serial music, the series itself is seldom audible... What I'm interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one in the same thing.

I don't want to talk about nonsense because it doesn't help me.

It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this

If a user is having a problem, it's our problem.

Don't settle, as with all matters of the heart you'll know when you find it

A lot of hacking is playing with other people, you know, getting them to do strange things.

I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on something you're not, so I'm me and maybe it's magnified a bit, but it's easier just being me.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

In heaven, after antipasti, the first course will be pasta.

When your arms are bigger than your head, something is wrong.

Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they'll do wonderful things with them.

I have a deep love for life and my fellow human beings. I try to understand everything that everybody does, even if it seems wrong to me.

You should never go to a meeting or make a telephone call without a clear idea of what you are trying to achieve.

Actually, in its purest form, Islam is incredibly tolerant. That makes what's going on in the world really bizarre.

My dream was actually just to have a computer some day. If I'd imagined that it meant starting a company to sell them, I probably would have avoided the whole thing.

Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.