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"The reality of today from a cyber security point of view - I think some of the top people predict that the next big war is fought on cyber security."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Thinking #Security

"We have three post-PC devices: the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad, the revolutionary device that defined a whole new categoryit's outstripping the wildest of predictions."

--- Tim Cook

#Revolutionary #Predictions #Defined

"The sidelines are not where you want to live your life. The world needs you in the arena!"

--- Tim Cook

#Arena #Sidelines #World

"We have to make sure, at Apple, that we stay true to focus, laser focus - we know we can only do great things a few times, only on a few products."

--- Tim Cook

#Laser Focus #Lasers #Stay True

"While our team managed the manufacturing ramp better than ever before, we could have sold many more iPhones with greater supply and we are working hard to fill orders as quickly as possible."

--- Tim Cook

#Team #Order #Ramp

"If those of us in positions of responsibility fail to do everything in our power to protect the right of privacy, we risk something far more valuable than money. We risk our way of life."

--- Tim Cook

#Protect #Risk #Failing

"Never try to fix other people. God does not need to do a bank shot off your lips."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Trying #Shots

"I think two people with strong points of view can appreciate each other even more."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Thinking #Appreciate

"Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others."

--- Tim Cook

#Deceiving #Achieve #Trying

"Siri has proven to us that people want to relate to the phone in a different way."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Phones #Proven

"Televisions are devices with screens that things appear on."

--- Tim Cook

#Screens #Television #Devices

"It is possible to be aware of God at all times."

--- Tim Cook

#All Time

"I think anything can be forced to converge. The problem is that products are about tradeoffs, and you begin to make tradeoffs to the point where what you have left at the end of the day doesn't please anyone. You can converge a toaster and a refrigerator, but those things are probably not going to be pleasing to the user."

--- Tim Cook

#Thinking #Refrigerators #Please

"The iPad remains Apple's second bestselling product - all the more reason why the iPad Pro needs to be "big" in every sense of the word."

--- Tim Cook

#Reason #Remains #Second Best

"Apple has a culture of excellence that is, I think, so unique and so special. I'm not going to witness or permit the change of it."

--- Tim Cook

#Thinking #Culture #Unique

"You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else."

--- Tim Cook

#Should #Casts

"I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well."

--- Tim Cook

#Company #Keys #Focus

"In the world of cyber security, the last thing you want is to have a target painted on you."

--- Tim Cook

#Lasts #Security #World

"We are the most focused company that I know of or have read of or have any knowledge of. We say no to good ideas every day. We say no to great ideas in order to keep the amount of things we focus on very small in number so that we can put enormous energy behind the ones we do choose.....It's not just saying yes to the right products, it's saying no to many products that are good ideas, but just not nearly as good as the other ones."

--- Tim Cook

#Order #Company #Focus

"Anything can change, because the smartphone revolution is still in the early stages."

--- Tim Cook

#Stills #Stage #Smartphones

"People are running huge enterprises off of hacking and stealing data."

--- Tim Cook

#Stealing #People #Enterprise

"No matter what you do next, the world needs your energy, your passion, your impatience for progress. Don't shrink from risk. And tune out those critics and cynics. History rarely yields to one person, but think, and never forget, what happens when it does. That can be you. That should be you. That must be you."

--- Tim Cook

#Thinking #Passion #Shrinks

"Since these early days, I have seen and have experienced many types of discrimination and all of them were rooted in the fear of people that were different than the majority."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Type #Different

"Maybe law enforcement would like the ability to turn on the camera on your Mac."

--- Tim Cook

#Cameras #Law #Enforcement

"No one should have a key that turns a billion locks. It shouldn't exist."

--- Tim Cook

#Keys #Billions #Locks

"Honestly, we’ll compete with everybody. I love competition. As long as people invent their own stuff, I love competition."

--- Tim Cook

#People #Long #Honestly

"A great product isn't just a collection of features. It's how it all works together."

--- Tim Cook

#Together #Features #Products

"The government should always be the one defending civil liberties."

--- Tim Cook

#Civil Liberties #Government #Should

"I don't really think anything Microsoft does puts pressure on Apple."

--- Tim Cook

#Thinking #Microsoft #Apples

"Creativity and innovation are something you can’t flowchart out. Some things you can, and we do, and we’re very disciplined in those areas. But creativity isn’t one of those. A lot of companies have innovation departments, and this is always a sign that something is wrong when you have a VP of innovation or something. You know, put a for-sale sign on the door."

--- Tim Cook

#Creativity And Innovation #Company #Creativity

"I've always hated litigation, and I continue to hate it."

--- Tim Cook

#Hate #Hated

"Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being."

--- Tim Cook

#Creative #Human Beings #World

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