“You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.”

From our point of view it’s important that Apple not be the developer for the world.

To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It’s embedded in me.

We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.

I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s.

I am driven by great work and seeing people do incredible things and having a part in that.

Graduates, your values matter. They are your north star. And work takes on new meaning when you feel you’re pointed in the right direction. Otherwise, it’s just a job. And life is too short for that.

An acorn would never brag about giving shade.

We sold more iPads in the last quarter alone than any PC manufacturer sold in their entire line.

Our message, to people around the country and around the world, is this: Apple is open.

Android dominates the mobile malware market.

So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.

A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.

Our competition is different. They’re confused. They chased after netbooks. Now they’re trying to make PCs into tablets and tablets into PCs. Who knows what they’ll do next?

There are times in all of our lives when a reliance on gut or intuition just seems more appropriate – when a particular course of action just feels right.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

I believe that if you took privacy and you said, I’m willing to give up all of my privacy to be secure. So you weighted it as a zero.

We would all be better off if our doctors took us aside, sat down next to us, and gave us this compassionate, yet universally true, warning,

Only God is love, and for this love to be fully realized self must step aside. And not only do we not need a self to love God, but for the same reason we do not need a mind to know him, for that in us which knows God, is God.

Maybe Rachel was right all along. Maybe the past is past, history is history, and you just push it aside and look for the future.

Hell is yourself and the only redemption is when a person puts himself aside to feel deeply for another person.

It’s easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath. Or to trust that this is not a new mask these are wearing.

The Spurs couldn’t put everything aside and just play the damn game.

Leave aside your regrets of the past and anxieties of the future And focus intelligently on the present. This is the best way of ensuring a positive future.

We feel such a strong connection to nature. But the relationship between nature and us is one-sided. There is no reciprocity. There is no mind on the other side of the wall.