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.
TIM COOKWe make the best phone, we don’t make the most phones.
More Tim Cook Quotes
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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.
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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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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.
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You are more powerful than you think.
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My own view is that encryption is a much better, much better world. And I’m not the only person that thinks that.
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America is always stronger when we do things together.
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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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Creativity and innovation are something you can’t flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we’re very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn’t one of those.
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When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First Amendment. But also the fundamental right to privacy.
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Creativity is people who care enough to keep thinking about something until they find the simplest way to do it.
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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.
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Open to everyone, regardless of where they come from, what they look like, how they worship or who they love.
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Security isn’t just a feature, it’s a base, it’s a fundamental, right.
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Never try to fix other people. God does not need to do a bank shot off your lips.
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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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