Back in high school I told my dad, “I’m going to have a computer someday.” And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, “Well, I’ll live in an apartment.”
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Back in high school I told my dad, “I’m going to have a computer someday.” And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house. And I said, “Well, I’ll live in an apartment.”
STEVE WOZNIAKYou need the kind of objectivity that makes you forget everything you’ve heard, clear the table, and do a factual study like a scientist would.
STEVE WOZNIAKSome great people are leaders and others are more lucky, in the right place at the right time. I’d put myself in the latter category. But I’d never call myself a normal designer of anything.
STEVE WOZNIAKIt’s just not right that so many things don’t work when they should. I don’t think that will change for a long time.
STEVE WOZNIAKTo give of yourself is much more important than giving a gift you can buy.
STEVE WOZNIAKSteve Jobs didn’t really set the direction of my Apple I and Apple II designs but he did the more important part of turning them into a product that would change the world. I don’t deny that.
STEVE WOZNIAKWhen we first started with Apple computers, it was my dream that everyone would learn to program, and that was how they’d use their computer.
STEVE WOZNIAKPredictions can sound really good if you’re good with words and can express them eloquently and give people ideas and inspiration in their head. But I’m not really good at that, so I don’t want to.
STEVE WOZNIAKMy whole life had been designing computers I could never build.
STEVE WOZNIAKYou’d better have the technology knowledge. I really urge you not to think you can start a whole company and business with just ideas on paper, because you’ll end up owning so few of those ideas.
STEVE WOZNIAKI worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way
STEVE WOZNIAKIn the end, I hope there’s a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.
STEVE WOZNIAKCollege just didn’t even have computers for an under-curriculum when I started college.
STEVE WOZNIAKI was born to teach. I have always had this gift with children.
STEVE WOZNIAKI absolutely do not need a salary or a job, that’s the last thing I need.
STEVE WOZNIAKMy primary phone is the iPhone. I love the beauty of it. But I wish it did all the things my Android does, I really do.
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