“We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose…..It’s not just saying yes to the right products, it’s saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones.”

I love museums. But I don’t want to live in one.

For the most important decisions in your life, trust your intuition, and then work with everything you have, to prove it right.

Intuition is critical in virtually everything you do. But, without relentless preparation and execution, it is meaningless.

If I’m expected to keep your messages, and everybody else’s, then there should be a law that says, you need to keep all of these.

Most business models have focused on self interest instead of user experience. Those are the kinds of problems we solve to solve.

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.

Apple Pay is forever changing the way we pay for things.

A wave of legislation, introduced in more than two dozen states, would allow people to discriminate against their neighbors.

Excellence has become a habit.

History rarely yields to one person, but think, and never forget, what happens when it does. That can be you. That should be you. That must be you.

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!

I am who I am, and I’m focused on that, and being a great CEO of Apple.

Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac.

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.

A 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.