American Quotes

"I want to put a ding in the universe."

-- Steve Jobs

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me."

"Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me."

-- Steve Jobs

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me."

-- Steve Jobs

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."

-- Steve Jobs

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

"You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards."

-- Steve Jobs

"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."

"My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time."

-- Steve Jobs

"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

"Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles."

-- Steve Jobs

"Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."

"Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."

-- Steve Jobs

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

"The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."

-- Steve Jobs

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

"Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works."

-- Steve Jobs

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

"Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."

-- Steve Jobs

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

"The only way to do great work is to love what you do."

-- Steve Jobs

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower."

-- Steve Jobs

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

"Stay hungry, stay foolish."

-- Steve Jobs

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

"Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

"All happy families resemble one another; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

"True life is lived when tiny changes occur."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is."

"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"I'm not going to be a hero. I'm going to be a writer."

"I'm not going to be a hero. I'm going to be a writer."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"The radical invention of the mind is the only true thing."

"The radical invention of the mind is the only true thing."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Every man should have a hobby."

"Every man should have a hobby."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"Modern life, too, is often a mechanical oppression."

"Modern life, too, is often a mechanical oppression."

-- Ernest Hemingway

"One cat just leads to another."