2. His famous 2005 commencement
speech at Stanford
Many of Steve Jobs' most inspiring
and quotable lines come
from his famous 2005
commencement speech at
Stanford , when he told
assembled graduates, "Your
time is limited, so don't waste it
living someone else's life."
3. But the late Apple co-founder,
who died a year ago Friday, had
many other colorful and
insightful things to say…
4. 1
"What a computer is to
me is the most
remarkable tool that
we have ever come
up with. It's the
equivalent of a bicycle
for our minds."
5. 2
"I end up not buying
a lot of things,
because I find
them ridiculous."
6. 3
"I think death is the most
wonderful invention of life. It
purges the system of these
old models that are
obsolete."
7. 4
"People think focus means
saying yes to the thing
you've got to focus on. But
that's not what it means at
all. It means saying no to
the hundred other good
ideas that there are. You
have to pick carefully. I'm
actually as proud of the
things we haven't done as
the things I have done.
Innovation is saying no to
1,000 things."
8. 5
"Being the richest man in
the cemetery doesn't
matter to me. ... Going
to bed at night saying
we've done something
wonderful -- that's what
matters to me."
9. 6
"My job is not to be
easy on people.
My job is to make
them better."
10. 7
"If you want to live
your life in a
creative way, as an
artist, you have to
not look back too
much. You have to
be willing to take
whatever you've
done and whoever
you were and throw
them away."
11. 8
"Innovation
distinguishes
between a
leader and a
follower."
12. 9
"My model for business is the Beatles.
They were four guys who kept each other's kind of
negative tendencies in check. They balanced
each other, and the total was greater than the
sum of the parts. That's how I see business:
Great things in business are never done by one
person. They're done by a team of people ."
13. 10
"I would trade all my
technology for an
afternoon with
Socrates."