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.

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

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.

A computer shall not waste your time or require you to do more work than is strictly necessary.

Every man is defined by his deeds.

You know, with talented people....They draw people to themselves, and without even trying to, they tear them to shreds.

Thanks to television, for the first time the young are seeing history made before it is censored by their elders.

Today just might be the best day to start seriously thinking about quitting smoking.

Sustained success means making the greatest possible impact over the longest period of time

The rebuilding of Iraq has been terrible.

Apprehension is natural, but it must not be concluded that it is a threat. Certainly not.

I hope in my book [My Beloved World], that the sense that I really feel connected comes through.

If I knew in 1986 how much it was going to cost to keep Pixar going, I doubt if I would have bought the company.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.