So let me be clear: I’m proud to be gay, and I consider being gay among the greatest gifts God has given me.
TIM COOKLet your joy be in your journey, not in some distant goal.
More Tim Cook Quotes
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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.
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Companies that get confused, that think their goal is revenue or stock price or something. You have to focus on the things that lead to those.
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Anything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages.
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Nobody wants to buy sour milk.
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We wouldn’t be able to buy things online, because your credit cards – they’ve probably been ripped off anyway, but they would be ripped off left and right every day if there wasn’t encryption.
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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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To whom much is given, much is expected. I do believe this. It’s embedded in me.
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Price is rarely the most important thing. A cheap product might sell some units.
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From an app point of view, if you looked at innovation on the PC, you’d be hard pressed to find companies innovating. The list is small.
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We make the best phone, we don’t make the most phones.
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I’m a country boy at the end of the day. I’m going to pick up the phone and tell you I’m going to sue you.
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In the long arc of time, you are only relevant if customers love you.
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We do a lot of things for reasons besides profit motive. We want to leave the world better than we found it.
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Security isn’t just a feature, it’s a base, it’s a fundamental, right.
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There’s a mountain of information about us. I mean there’s so much. Anyway, I’m not an intelligence person. But I just look at it and it’s a mountain of data.
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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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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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The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!
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I don’t really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple.
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In the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you.
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No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy, your passion, your impatience for progress. Don’t shrink from risk. And tune out those critics and cynics.
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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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Where we might go in the future, we’ll see. Customers love games. I’m not interested in being in the console business in what is thought of as traditional gaming. But Apple is a big player today and things in the future will only make that bigger.
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What makes Siri cool is she has a personality.
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Apple is this great American company that could have only happened here.
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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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