They’re gobbling up everything they can learn about you and trying to monetize it. We think that’s wrong. And it’s not the kind of company that Apple wants to be.
TIM COOKGraduates, 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.
More Tim Cook Quotes
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Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition.
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I don’t really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.
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We’re very simple people at Apple. We focus on making the world’s best products and enriching people’s lives.
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Without encryption, you and I wouldn’t be able to do our banking online.
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Somebody gets it home and they feel great when they pay the money, but then they get it home and use it and the joy is gone.
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A great product isn’t just a collection of features. It’s how it all works together.
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We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day.
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Let your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal.
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I don’t think Apple has to own a content business.
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I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.
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In the long arc of time, you are only relevant if customers love you.
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My business is not reading your messages. I don’t have a business doing that. And it’s against my values to do that. I don’t want to read your private stuff.
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An acorn would never brag about giving shade.
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We can’t take all of our energy and all of our care and finish the painting, then have someone else put their name on it.
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I personally admire Steve Jobs not most for what he did, or what he said, but for what he stood for.
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