Tim Cook Quotes

My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.

We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company.

If we're building high quality companies, if the customers like the products, if the technology innovation is real, then the substance is going to win out in the end.

Microsoft certainly makes products for the Macintosh.

Why is it that I notice so many brilliant scientists using Macs for their personal computers; why does the Lawrence Livermore & Berkeley Labs buy millions of dollars worth of Macs?

Apple has always been, and always will be, a hardware-first company. It produces beautiful devices with elegant designs and humane operating-system software.

I write almost entlirely on Macs, because: Windows gives me hives.

I think Apple is a great device company.

What can we learn from the battle between data and design? What can we learn from the relationship between Google and Apple? Clearly no one school of thought is right: Apple and Google are both wildly successful and profitable companies that changed the world.

Microsoft isn't evil, they just make really crappy operating systems.

With Betaworks' drive and resources now behind it, I'm confident that Instapaper has a very bright future. I'm looking forward to seeing what they can do.

Here's the thing about Apple, we complain and they give us more battery life. We complain and they'll give us more stuff. Everything's beta right now. Everything's experimental. They really don't know what people want.

I left Apple in April of 1984, pretty soon after the introduction of the Mac.

I want to create something like Sony. Not in terms of manufacturing products but creating something that is innovative, makes money, improves peoples' lives.

Windows 8 is key to the future, the Surface computer.

I originally invested in Dropcam because I foresaw what the company and their products could do for consumers and the industry. I've been deeply impressed with what they've done in such little time, and I'm confident that they'll continue to exceed my expectations.

Wealth won't give you satisfaction; creating a good product that's well received by users is what matters most.

Google has a great product. They've built a great business.

One thing most people don't know is that Steve Jobs is an exceptional designer.

Am I an Apple bigot? No. I can critique their products and their customer service philosophy. But overall, they do better than any other player.

If you don't have the best product, you're not going to make it in open-source.

Microsoft was not a mysterious, strange entity. You put your PC on and there's an ad for them.

The most successful company in Silicon Valley is Apple, and they're the most secretive.

Most of the fans have ideas about their perfect phone. But many of them can't do it because building a phone is tough. So they would give us feedback about the features that they think should be included in our next model. And if we incorporated that in our new phone, they will share the good news with their friends.

I think it's doing very well. I'm pleased to see the concentration on semiconductors. I think this will help.