Steve Jobs Quotes

A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

Steve Jobs

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• Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.

  

  Carli Lloyd
  • Fitness
  • Mental
  • Strengths

• We all sit in front of our mics and our scripts lay on music stands. Then the silliness begins!

  

  Tara Strong
  • Music
  • Scripts
  • Begins

• If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Great
  • Career
  • Me

• Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

  

  Samuel Johnson
  • Man
  • Adversity
  • Himself

• I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • Love
  • Crowds
  • Festivals

• I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

  

  Harry Belafonte
  • People
  • Power
  • Truth

• I do have a family, and I do have friends, and so-called friends, and acquaintances, and many other people I see only around Christmas time. Maybe they could vouch for me. Maybe they could testify to my existence and save a part of me that thinks I'm no better than a bag of potato chips.

  

  Macaulay Culkin
  • People
  • Time
  • Family

• I don't have cable. I just never watched a lot of TV.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Never
  • Just
  • Watched

• I have opposed the Communist cold war line ever since, both by public utterance and by private help to trade unionists breaking free from the Communist influence.

  

  Earl Browder
  • War
  • Help
  • Free

• Jazz has been such a force in music, that any musician, including classical composers, have been influenced, and obviously performers, also.

  

  Yo-Yo Ma
  • Music
  • Force
  • Jazz

• I don't subscribe to the idea that if you don't have the body you want, you can't be proud of the body you have. I think you can do both.

  

  Zach Anner
  • Want
  • Proud
  • Body

• OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!

  

  Patricia Velasquez
  • Crazy
  • Very
  • WIld

• I will run against anybody.

  

  Usain Bolt
  • Will
  • Run
  • Against

• There is no age, height, or weight requirement to skate. It is good exercise no matter what your age is. If you want to be competitive, most start young. But, I practice with many adult competitors.

  

  Nancy Kerrigan
  • Good
  • Age
  • Practice

• As U.S. citizens, Puerto Rico has paid their part.

  

  Fat Joe
  • Citizens
  • Paid
  • Puerto Rico

• I saw myself as a teacher's pet but with a little of Ed Haskell mixed in. I was the teacher's pet, but that didn't mean that I was trying to pull one over.

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Trying
  • Myself
  • Teacher

• People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.

  

  Barry Schwartz
  • People
  • Work
  • Financial

• I know one business, and that's how to make software.

  

  Xavier Niel
  • Business
  • Know
  • Software

• My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Hair
  • Moment
  • Reflection

• The social dimension of the art world is fascinating to me, but I also want to entertain the reader, so I will let a character say something funny.

  

  Rachel Kushner
  • World
  • Art
  • Character

• When I am with others, they are my teachers. I can select their good points and follow them, and select their bad points and avoid them.

  

  Confucius
  • Teachers
  • Avoid
  • Good Points

• I moved to the States, and that was a big thing for me. I moved to Miami, and I joined the Blackzilians. For me at the time, it seemed like the best logical solution, but sometimes surrounding yourself with new people is not good.

  

  Alistair Overeem
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• The national interest is predetermined by geopolitics or the history of a country. Important political leaders never just followed their interests - they were concerned about the interests of their people.

  

  Joseph Nye
  • People
  • Important
  • Country

• A lot of people think big business in America is a bad thing. I think it's a really good thing. Most people in business are ethical, hard-working, good people. And it's a meritocracy.

  

  Steve Jobs
  • People
  • Business
  • America