My whole life had been designing computers I could never build.
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My whole life had been designing computers I could never build.
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 WOZNIAKImagination is something you do alone.
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 WOZNIAKOur first computers were born not out of greed or ego, but in the revolutionary spirit of helping common people rise above the most powerful institutions.
STEVE WOZNIAKIn the end, I hope there’s a little note somewhere that says I designed a good computer.
STEVE WOZNIAKI absolutely do not need a salary or a job, that’s the last thing I need.
STEVE WOZNIAKYoung children were always so important to me. Adults should treat children with more respect. We should put more monies in our schools. I grew up on that side of the coin.
STEVE WOZNIAKBack 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 WOZNIAKEvery dream I’ve ever had in life has come true ten times over.
STEVE WOZNIAKIf I designed a computer with 200 chips, I tried to design it with 150. And then I would try to design it with 100. I just tried to find every trick I could in life to design things real tiny.
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 WOZNIAKYoung children were always so important to me. Adults should treat children with more respect. We should put more monies in our schools. I grew up on that side of the coin.
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 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 WOZNIAKIf you love what you do and are willing to do what it takes, it’s within your reach.
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