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" Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across. "

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" A 50-year-old company can innovate as well as two guys/gals in a garage. "

" I don't take myself that seriously. I'm a pragmatist. "

" Smart, well-meaning people get it wrong when they start believing that the world owes them something and that the rules are different for them. "

" I think a lot of the logic of Google+ is much better in terms of notification of messages to you, in terms of how you post. One very obvious feature is that with Google+, after you post something, you can edit it forever. That is true of both posts and comments. I edit almost every post I make and almost every comment I make. "

" Patience is the art of concealing your impatience. "

" Coming from the U.S., you tend to look at one homogeneous market with 350 million people. But in Europe, every country has its own customs and laws. "

" A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent. "

" I started my career counting diamonds and schlepping gold jewelry around the world. The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers. "

" When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people. "

" I don't want to make more friends. I have four kids, I have plenty of friends, and all the personal relationships I need. "

" I have developed a Zen-like approach to the operating systems that people use: 'When you're ready, the right operating system will appear in your life.' "

" Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. "

" You really can't spend money on social media unless you really try. Social media is really more about effort than expense. "

" It doesn't matter whether the Dow is 5000 or 50,000. If you're an entrepreneur, there is no bad time to start a company. "

" When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight. "

" Every day, I get five pieces of hate mail: Tweets or hate emails. "

" There are two ways to approach the application process: trying to hit a home run by getting an immediate 'Yes, here's an offer' or trying not to be eliminated. I recommend the second approach. "

" What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life. "

" I would like my kids to inherit a world where people succeed because of merit and hard work, not entitlement, and where people accept others for what they are and not try to change them. "

" If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number. "

" When I was getting my education, I fell in love with the writings of Peter Drucker. He was my hero. I had a naive belief that when I became a manager, it was going to be like Peter Drucker's books. That is, I was going to be the effective executive. I was going to talk to people about their goals. I was going to help them actualize. "

" Every social media post should have a beautiful graphic. If there are two identical stories, the one with the beautiful graphic will always win. "

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" Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck. Call me a romantic, but I think entrepreneurs should try to change the world. This comes from working at Apple... old habits die hard. "

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" What you learn in school is the opposite of what happens in the real world. In school, you're always worried about minimums. You have to reach 20 pages or you have to have so many slides or whatever. Then you get out in the real world and you think, 'I have to have a minimum of 20 pages and 50 slides.' "

" I do have a peripatetic and active intellectual curiosity. "

" I don't think Steve Jobs nauseated people when talking about how great Apple stuff was. The reason why he didn't nauseate people is because it was true. The start of all great marketing is to have a great product. "

" A large social-media presence is important because it's one of the last ways to conduct cost-effective marketing. Everything else involves buying eyeballs and ears. Social media enables a small business to earn eyeballs and ears. "