As Friedland had done and as Jobs would learn to do, he was able to turn charm into a cunning force, to cajole and intimidate and distort reality with the power of his personality

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book." (Steven Levy)

Form follows emotion

Sculley found Jobs as memorable as his machine. " He seemed more a showman than a businessman. Every move seemed calculated, as if it was rehearsed, to create an occasion of the moment.

One of Job's great strengths was knowing how to focus. " Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do, " he said. " That's true for companies, and it's true for products.

Customers don't know what they want until we've shown them.

Not since the original Mac had a clarity of product vision so propelled a company into the future. " If anybody was ever wondering why Apple is on the earth, I would hold up this as a good example

Steve's sales pitch on the NeXT operating system was dazzling, " according to Amelio. " He praised the virtues and strengths as though he were describing a performance of Oliver as Macbeth.

I don't want him to hurt like I'm hurting. I don't want him to miss me like I'll miss him. I don't want him to be falling for me like I've been falling for him.

Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then.

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do something to love and something to hope for.

Twin-sister of Religion, Selfishness.

If I make a set of rules, then a guy goes out and steals an airplane. He comes back and says, 'It wasn't in the rules.'

My favorite actress of all times is Bette Davis in Dark Victory. I have seen it six or seven times, and I still cry.

As trait after trait swings into focus and fulfillment, can we write any other name under Isaiah's amazing portrait of the sublime Sufferer in Chapter 53 than Jesus of Nazareth?

May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.

There's definitely a melancholic ingredient in Cafe Tacvba concerts in the United States versus in other places.

I love travel. There's nothing more beneficial than getting to travel, to see different cultures, to see different environments and expose your children to that.