Who are your favorite heroines in real life? The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model.

A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

It's not about charisma and personality, it's about results and products and those very bedrock things that are why people at Apple and outside of Apple are getting more excited about the company and what Apple stands for and what its potential is to contribute to the industry.

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

If evil be said of thee, and it be true, correct thyself; if it be a lie, laugh at it.

Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty.

I get curious about new things. My real strength is going into a field that has not been investigated before, and finding new approaches to it.

The real spiritual progress of the aspirant is measured by the extent to which he achieves inner tranquility.

The harder the struggle, the more glorious the triumph. Self-realization demands very great struggle.