I hate mice. The mouse involves you in arm motions that slow you down. I didn't want it on the Macintosh, but Jobs insisted. In those days, what he said went, good idea or not.

As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining.

A well-designed and humane interface does not have to be split into beginner and expert subsystems.

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

A computer shall not harm your work or, through inaction, allow your work to come to harm.

An interface is humane if it is responsive to human needs and considerate of human frailties.

Right now, computers, which are supposed to be our servant, are oppressing us.

An unlimited-length file name is a file. The content of a file is its own best name.

What users want is convenience and results.

Users do not care about what is inside the box, as long as the box does what they need done.

You know, I never believed in fate until I met you... then I started thinking coincidence didn't have near so cruel a sense of humor

You cannot fight hate and violence with more hate and violence, any more than you can conquer darkness with more darkness. Adding darkness only increases blackness. To subtract shadow, add light.

It is very rare I come to an event where I’m like the fifth or sixth most interesting person.

I'm really bad at taking compliments, but whenever I get them, I tell myself, 'Way to go, girl' and move on.

Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.

I enjoy learning technical details.

Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation," she said. "Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

What the American public wants in the theater is a tragedy with a happy ending.