#any

We all have wings, but they have not been of any avail to us and if we could tear them off, we would do so. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#avail #been #could #off #tear

Our DNA is as a consumer company - for that individual customer who's voting thumbs up or thumbs down. That's who we think about. And we think that our job is to take responsibility for the complete user experience. And if it's not up to par, it's our fault, plain and simply. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#company #complete #consumer #customer #dna

It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#apple #bedrock #charisma #company #contribute

There's no other company that could make a MacBook Air and the reason is that not only do we control the hardware, but we control the operating system. And it is the intimate interaction between the operating system and the hardware that allows us to do that. There is no intimate interaction between Windows and a Dell notebook. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#allows #between #company #control #could

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#continue #disciplines #ideas #innovate #interesting

We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. ↗

— Steve Jobs

#brief #chance #chosen #die #every

My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future. ↗

— Alfred Jodl

#been #brighter #brighter future #confidence #desires

One of the things that I always say about bioterrorism, whether it's ourselves at the federal level, folks at the state level, or folks in the private industry, we've done many great things, especially since 9/11. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#always #done #especially #federal #federal level

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it. ↗

— Donald Johanson

#commitment #devote #make #oneself #particular

When looking at trends I always ask myself basic and timeless questions about business, and the one I seem to always come back to is, 'How is this different than anything else in the marketplace?' ↗

— Daymond John

#always #anything #ask #back #basic