Steve Jobs Quotes

The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

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• I have faith in the jury system.

  

  Nancy Grace
  • Faith
  • System
  • Jury

• The Cinquecento was an engine of motivation at Fiat. It refurbished the image of the entire company. It's a symbol for the company, but it's more than that. It's a global Italian symbol, as Mini is a global British symbol and the Beetle is a global German symbol.

  

  Lapo Elkann
  • Company
  • motivation
  • German

• When a system of oppression has become institutionalized it is unnecessary for individuals to be oppressive.

  

  Florynce Kennedy
  • System
  • Become
  • Oppression

• But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

  

  Taylor Hackford
  • Film
  • Process
  • Glamorous

• I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it's a process I've been doing since I was younger.

  

  Lana Del Rey
  • Doing
  • Process
  • Editing

• But it required a disastrous, internecine war to bring this question of human freedom to a crisis, and the process of striking the shackles from the slave was accomplished in a single hour.

  

  Wendell Willkie
  • War
  • Freedom
  • Question

• The social system grows rigid but the productive forces continue to expand, and conflict ensues between the forces of production and the social conditions of production.

  

  Earl Browder
  • Conflict
  • System
  • Continue

• I like to dress up every day, so I think fashion is an everyday process.

  

  Karisma Kapoor
  • Up
  • Day
  • Fashion

• When I was president of the company, I said, 'Okay, I can do this - piece of cake.' Then when you are the CEO, the responsibilities multiply enormously because you worry about everything.

  

  Indra Nooyi
  • Worry
  • Company
  • Cake

• In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

  

  Carlos Ghosn
  • People
  • Better
  • Company

• I think Yahoo is a great company, with great assets.

  

  Jack Ma
  • Great
  • Think
  • Company

• Basically, I left Northern Telecom after 7.5 years of being in one company after school. And then, I ended up in a series of start-ups. The first of those was a company called Sitech, and they were in local area networks.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • Up
  • School
  • Company

• I write in freehand equivalents because measuring, to me, takes away from the creative process of cooking. Two turns of the pan with EVOO is about two tablespoons.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Creative
  • Process
  • Cooking

• Craft is part of the creative process.

  

  Gavin Bryars
  • Creative
  • Process
  • Craft

• I am interested in the way advances in medicine and palliative care mean more people now have the opportunity to plan their own deaths, and also plan for those who are left behind. What does that do to the grieving process?

  

  Laura Wade
  • Process
  • Plan
  • Medicine

• One of the criteria for a global company is that it should have a manufacturing presence in multiple countries and should not only be an exporter.

  

  Baba Kalyani
  • Company
  • Presence
  • Global

• I want to make it to Heaven and be as good an influence on others as I can in that process.

  

  Sam Brownback
  • Good
  • Heaven
  • Process

• It's a pretty brutal process, having a baby.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Pretty
  • Baby
  • Process

• The process of scientific discovery is, in effect, a continual flight from wonder.

  

  Albert Einstein
  • Wonder
  • Process
  • Discovery

• All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an awful lot of designs, especially in this country, make life a lot more inconvenient. I'm thinking, for instance, of high-fidelity units that have so many switches and toggles and buttons and things that they confuse most people.

  

  Victor Papanek
  • People
  • Life
  • Thinking

• No one chooses to raise children alone.

  

  Erykah Badu
  • Children
  • Alone
  • Raises

• Hate does not produce love, and by hate one cannot remake the world.

  

  Errico Malatesta
  • Love
  • Hate
  • Produce

• The system is that there is no system. That doesn't mean we don't have process. Apple is a very disciplined company, and we have great processes. But that's not what it's about. Process makes you more efficient.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • Process
  • Company
  • System