Tim Cook Quotes

I have a really deep belief that we create technologies to empower ourselves. We've invented a lot of technology that just makes us all faster and better, and I'm generally a big fan of this. I just want to make sure that this technology stays subservient to people. People are the number one entity there is on this planet.

I feel every technology can be abused, but fundamentally we put new technologies into the service of humanity.

All technology does is give us back to ourselves. So to be anti-technology in a sense is to be anti-human.

I am keen to serve one-sixth of the world's population where the miracles of science and technology would multiply manifold for betterment of mankind.

I think it's the responsibility of people in tech to find solutions.

Not every advance is progress. Not every new thing is better for us humanly.

More than machinery, we need humanity.

I believe that technology has the potential to change the fate of nations, industries and companies, as well as the context of our lives. I want to help build the companies that take the risks needed to make those kinds of real changes in the world.

I am personally a big believer that technology is the biggest driver of human development, and if you can use technology to benefit people, then that's the best business you can have.

With any advent in technology, any technological innovation, there is the good and the bad.

Once, even the simple metal needle challenged the conventional thinking of a time.

The Internet isn't just itself a revolution - it sometimes starts them, too.

Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.

As one of the leaders in the world for AI, I feel tremendous excitement and responsibility to create the most awesome and benevolent technology for society and to educate the most awesome and benevolent technologists - that's my calling.

Ultimately, what the tech industry really cares about is ushering in the future, but it conflates technological progress with societal progress.

Technology has become such a big part of our humanity. We have the Internet on 24 hours a day, even when we're sleeping.

Engineers and entrepreneurs are fundamentally dissatisfied with the way the world is and want to make it better. There are so many things you could do with technology if you can match it up with real problems.

Perhaps sooner than we think, African innovations will help the rest of the world create lasting social and economic value.

Technology could benefit or hurt people, so the usage of tech is the responsibility of humanity as a whole, not just the discoverer. I am a person before I'm an AI technologist.

The cellphone is humanity's biggest platform. If we can't use it to change education or health care, then shame on us.

We are in a technological age, and 'Social Music' aims to reflect that spirit of advancement, collaboration and connectivity while still remaining 'human.' And Stay Human, then, is a reminder of what connects us all. It's our mantra.

I realized that there's a big world, and really, the only way you can make a critical impact on something greater than your own little world is through technology.

So 'Nier Automata' feels like a story about androids but no, the main theme of 'Automata' is human.

Ultimately, to me, the computer is just a big pencil. What can we sketch using this pencil that makes a positive difference to society and advances the state of the art, hopefully in an outsized way?

Sometimes, in Silicon Valley, there is this attitude that we know best and we can change the world. The boldness allows us to invent the future. But, we need more empathy for those who are left behind and a recognition that Silicon Valley can't just call the shots and expect change.