Steve Jobs: If a fire causes a stampede to the unmarked exits, it'll have been well worth it for those who survive.
Steve Jobs: Voicing an objection would've been a step in the right direction.
Steve Wozniak: We will know soon enough if you are Leonardo da Vinci or just think you are.
Lisa Brennan: My mother may be a troubled woman, but what's your excuse? That's why I'm not impressed with your story, dad.
Steve Jobs: What is your problem?
Joanna Hoffman: I don't know, but I'm sure it can be traced directly back to you.
Steve Jobs: I'm poorly made.
Steve Wozniak: They want ports.
Steve Jobs: They don't get a vote. When Dylan wrote "Shelter from the Storm" he didn't ask people to contribute to the lyrics. Plays don't stop so the playwright can ask the audience what scene they'd like to see next.
Steve Jobs: What if the computer was a beautiful object? Something you wanted to look at and have in your home. And what if instead of it being in the right hands, it was in everyone's hands?
John Sculley: We'd be talking about the most tectonic shift in the status quo since.
Steve Jobs: ...ever.
Steve Jobs: The two most significant events of the twentieth century: the Allies win the war, and this.
Joanna Hoffman: Please, you have to tell me why it's so important for it to say "hello."
Steve Jobs: Hollywood, they make computers scary things. See how this reminds you of a friendly face? That the disk slot is a goofy grin? It's warm and it's playful and it needs to say "hello".
Joanna Hoffman: The computer in 2001 said "hello" all the time and it still scared the shit out of me.
John Sculley: You're gonna end me, aren't you?
Steve Jobs: You're being ridiculous. I'm gonna sit center court and watch you do it yourself.
Steve Wozniak: What do you do? You're not an engineer. You're not a designer. You can't put a hammer to a nail. I built the circuit board! The graphical interface was stolen! So how come ten times in a day I read Steve Jobs is a genius? What do you do?
Steve Jobs: Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra.
Steve Wozniak: It's not binary. You can be decent and gifted at the same time.
Steve Jobs: Everyone, everyone, everyone. Everyone is waiting for the Mac.
Andy Hertzfeld: Skip over - everything else is working, skip over the voice demo.
Steve Jobs: Fix it.
Andy Hertzfeld: In forty minutes.
Steve Jobs: Fix it.
Andy Hertzfeld: I can't.
Steve Jobs: Who's the person who can?
Andy Hertzfeld: I'm the person who can, and I can't.
Joanna Hoffman: I'm begging you to manage expectations.
Steve Jobs: Have I ever let you down?
Joanna Hoffman: Every single goddamn time.
Steve Jobs: Then I'm due.
Steve Jobs: The musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra.
