It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. 

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. 

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temple; my philosophy is kindness.

Out of 6 billion humans, the troublemakers are just a handful.

First was the mouse. The second was the click wheel. And now, we're going to bring multi-touch to the market. And each of these revolutionary interfaces has made possible a revolutionary product - the Mac, the iPod and now the iPhone.

We don't need to proselytize either by your speech or by our writing. We can only do so really with our lives. Let our lives be open books for all to study.

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.

Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

I don't like to repeat success, I like to go on to other things.

I've always wanted to own and control the primary technology in everything we do.