Our business is not based on having information about you. You’re not our product. Our product are these, and this watch, and Macs and so forth. And so we run a very different company.
TIM COOKA lot of companies have innovation departments, and this is always a sign that something is wrong when you have a VP of innovation or something. You know, put a for-sale sign on the door.
More Tim Cook Quotes
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What makes Siri cool is she has a personality.
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You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.
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The worst thing in the world that can happen to you if you’re an engineer that has given his life to something is for someone to rip it off and put their name to it.
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The government should always be the one defending civil liberties.
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Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac.
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I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.
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You can’t have a back door that’s only for the good guys.
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No one should have a key that turns a billion locks. It shouldn’t exist.
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The longer the meeting, the less is accomplished.
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Life is fragile. We’re not guaranteed a tomorrow so give it everything you’ve got.
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A few years ago, users of Internet services began to realize that when an online service is free, you’re not the customer. You’re the product.
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Our new watches are made entirely of double super gold. They are just a piece of gold that you can wear to the left, right, or directly on top of the other gold you own.
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So I had to figure out for myself what was right and true. It was a search. It was a process. It drew on the moral sense that I’d learned from my parents, and in church, and in my own heart, and led me on my own journey of discovery.
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You are more powerful than you think.
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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.
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