I would rather gamble on our vision than make a 'me, too' product.

You have to have a lot of passion for what you do... because if you don't, any rational person would give up.

One of my beliefs very strongly is that any democracy depends on a free, healthy press.

Do you create anything, or just criticize others work and belittle their motivations?

Creativity comes from spontaneous meetings, from random discussions.

We've got to make the small things unforgettable.

That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.

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

I'm as proud of what we don't do as I am of what we do.

It is hard to think that a $2 billion company with 4,300-plus people couldn't compete with six people in blue jeans.

It's very simple: The more successful you are, the more you'll earn. But if you're not successful, you will not earn a dime.

It's more fun to be a pirate than to join the Navy.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.

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

A-plus players like to work together and they don't like it if you tolerate B work.

I sat in a garage and invented the future.

Mothers might say they'd go to the doctor. In poor countries, moms are usually responsible for their kids' health. But breastfeeding and traveling to the clinic take time, and research shows that health care is one of the first tradeoffs women make when they're too busy.

The fact that 98 percent of women in [the U.S.] who are sexually experienced say they use birth control doesn't make sex any less sacred. It just means that they're getting to make choices about their lives.

Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's making a huge difference saving lives.