Craig Federighi Quotes

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work.

I am so thrilled to be nominated for something I loved working on every single day.

It's always gratifying to hear that people are excited by something that you've been excited to make.

I feel true success comes from being able to work and the love for it.

I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything.

The best part of one's life is the working part, the creative part. Believe me, I love to succeed... However, the real spiritual and emotional excitement is in the doing.

I'm so grateful for everything that's happened. I love my work. People have such hurdles - I just wanted to perform, and I wanted my parents to be proud, and they were proud.

A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.

When you spend seven years of your life working on something that you're really passionate about, and other people end up loving it, too, that just makes all of the work worthwhile.

I'm living out my dreams every day.

Being able to wake up every day knowing I'm living out my dream of performing is the best feeling in the world.

Nothing brings me more joy than when people love what I do.

We definitely want to make sure that what we are making is something that we are proud of and something that we are inspired to write.

You put your heart and soul into something, and you really hope that people love it as much as you do.

When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.

Business gives you a massive high. Doing a great deal, coming up with an inspirational solution... It's very addictive. But it doesn't last long. In isolation, it's a bit sterile. It doesn't reward the soul.

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.

There is only one secret. To love what you are doing.

When you really work hard for something that you genuinely and truly love, and you don't want it to fail, it's a good feeling to see it do good.

In my proudest moments, I think I had a real hand in the creative force of making 'Star Trek.' But most of the time, I don't think about it.

My dream has come true, now that I have passed it on.

I'm just really proud of 'Dead Head Fred.'

Ray had so much love of life and the music. He had so much integrity. He treated the music with so much dignity and respect. I spent four and a half years as a sideman with Ray Brown's trio. Music was his life, more so than anyone I could mention.