I feel that one species, mankind, doesn't have the right to exterminate
Being idealistic really helps you overcome some of the many obstacles put in your path.
It's [programming] the only job I can think of where I get to be both an engineer and an artist. There's an incredible, rigorous, technical element to it, which I like because you have to do very precise thinking. On the other hand, it has a wildly creative side where the boundaries of imagination are the only real limitation.
People who work on the user interface side need to have empathy as a key characteristic. But if you are writing device drivers you don't really need to understand humans so well.
I'm the kind of developer who likes to throw lightning rods around. To make a great program there's got to be at least one person at the center who is breathing life into it. In a ferocious way.
The Macintosh having shipped, his next agenda was to turn the rest of Apple into the Mac group. He had perceived the rest of Apple wasn't as creative or motivated as the Mac team, and what you need to take over the company are managers, not innovators or technical people
I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.
It is not the being seen of men that is wrong, but doing these things for the purpose of being seen of men. The problem with the hypocrite is his motivation.
Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made.
My touchstone is just fear and anxiety and I know a lot about those two awful emotions.
Your point of view sets you up well in advance for how you view the events as they unfold.