The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It took us three years to build the NeXT computer. If we'd given customers what they said they wanted, we'd have built a computer they'd have been happy with a year after we spoke to them - not something they'd want now.

Ideas come from everything

Everything I've ever done was out of fear of being mediocre.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.

The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good thing for the first time.

Truth, like light blind. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

I can't do the same thing every night, the same gestures... it's like putting on dirty panties every day.

Be realistic: Plan for a miracle

The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.

Tell the truth. Sing with passion. Work with laughter. Love with heart. 'Cause that's all that matters in the end.

As I grow to understand life less and less,

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.

I’ve been bitten by a python. It wasn’t a very big one…

Humans have come into being for the sake of each other, so either teach them, or learn to bear them.