Any non-commissioned officer is more of an enemy to a recruit, any schoolmaster to a pupil, then they are if they were free.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

The future ain't what it used to be.

The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun.

It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

I don't do drugs, I am drugs

We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.

The people I distrust most are those who want to improve our lives but have only one course of action.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Learn to give, whether you have plenty or little, whether you are happy or in pain.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

There is only one difference between a madman and me. The madman thinks he is sane. I know I am mad.

Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

Forewarned, forearmed. To be prepared is half the victory.

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Pretty much, Apple and Dell are the only ones in this industry making money. They make it by being Wal-Mart. We make it by innovation.

The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.