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Old 03-08-2014, 03:47 PM   #1
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My favorite Steve quotes...
Hi everyone,

I just wanted to post some of my favorite Steve Jobs quotes. What image of this great man comes through? What kind of contribution did he make to our society, and is he representative of America today?

1 I want to put a ding in the universe.
Steve Jobs

2 A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.
Steve Jobs

3 My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
Steve Jobs

4 I know I'm an asshole, but I'm logical. It makes a lot of sense to tell people what they need, and then sell it to them. If you're in the business of taking customers money, you've got to be logical.
Steve Jobs

5 Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Steve Jobs

6 Components are great! You can buy them for nothing, assemble them and sell for four times the price.
Steve Jobs

7 Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve Jobs

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Old 03-08-2014, 07:27 PM   #2
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Sorry, but Steve Jobs has had little impact on my immediate personal world. I don't have any of his products because they've always been over-priced.

I don't belong to the Church of Jobs.
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Old 03-08-2014, 08:06 PM   #3
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How about:

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what was best for us was to do this akido move and end up with the agency model
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They are not an authorized reseller.
as the answer to the question of how TJ Maxx could sell the iPad at below his minimum allowed price. (Ask Jeff Bezos, also not allowed to buy Apple products wholesale from the manufacturer, how this works.)

I don't have that much of problem with overpricing of computers, or of books. If people are willing to overpay, let them. Computers, and even books, are not fundamental human needs. Just don't try those high margin maneuvers on my loaf of bread.
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Old 03-09-2014, 04:08 PM   #4
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Here are the books that Steve said influenced him:

https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ste...s-reading-list

I recently read "The Bite in the Apple" by Chrisann Brennan, lots of people panned it, but I loved it and I recommend it to those who prefer diary/memoirs over long biographies that pretty much all start and end the same.
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Old 03-10-2014, 05:39 PM   #5
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Many years ago I met Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Bill Gates at a Computer Fair in Vancouver BC. Pretty sure they were human and regular guys and am also pretty sure they all worked hard for their success.

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Old 03-10-2014, 06:26 PM   #6
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I don't have any of his products because they've always been over-priced.
really? I don't either. I have instead cheaper clones of the products imagined by the guy. It doesn't take away from the man clear vision and genius.
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Old 03-10-2014, 06:39 PM   #7
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What on earth does this have to do with mobile reading?
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Old 03-10-2014, 08:46 PM   #8
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Old 03-10-2014, 09:24 PM   #9
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What on earth does this have to do with mobile reading?
Perhaps nothing directly, but many people here read on devices sold by the company Steve Jobs founded, and his personality and influence—for better or worse—has had a huge impact on all of us who read on mobile devices, whether the devices on which we read carry the Apple logo or not.
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really? I don't either. I have instead cheaper clones of the products imagined by the guy. It doesn't take away from the man clear vision and genius.
He did not work in a vacuum nor did he "imagine" all aspects of the devices we use today - there are hundreds of writers who were there before him inventing possible futures, so to devote a thread to his "greatness" is just too fan-boyish for my taste.

He built on the imaginations of others and managed to market those ideas and make them accessible to the general public. Kudos to him for that.
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6 Components are great! You can buy them for nothing, assemble them and sell for four times the price.
Steve Jobs
Uhh this doesn't sound like a Steve Jobs quote. It sounds like an anti-Apple person...
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1 I want to put a ding in the universe.
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So he's the bastard who hit my car. A bit more than a ding, Steve.
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so to devote a thread to his "greatness" is just too fan-boyish for my taste.
This.
And connected but slightly off-topic: to a German ear the thread title sounds a little bit strange. You wouldn't leave out the family name until you're personally familiar with the other person and he offered you the "Du" (an informal way of addressing someone instead of the formal "Sie" between strangers). But this may just be a cultural thing.
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This.
And connected but slightly off-topic: to a German ear the thread title sounds a little bit strange. You wouldn't leave out the family name until you're personally familiar with the other person and he offered you the "Du" (an informal way of addressing someone instead of the formal "Sie" between strangers). But this may just be a cultural thing.
I think the OP was going for the same effect as these names have: Madonna, Prince, Adele, Moby, Oprah, Pink, Skrillex, Twiggy and so on. Except that it doesn't work with a downright generic name as Steve.

On everything else, I agree with you. Fanboy much OP?
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