“And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.”

—  Steve Jobs

Quoted by his biographer, Walter Isaacson http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/steve-jobs-in-the-end-he-didnt-like-the-off-switch/61586?tag=nl.e589
2010s
Context: Sometimes I believe in God, sometimes I don’t. I think it’s 50-50 maybe. But ever since I’ve had cancer, I’ve been thinking about it more. And I find myself believing a bit more. I kind of – maybe it’s ’cause I want to believe in an afterlife. That when you die, it doesn’t just all disappear. The wisdom you’ve accumulated. Somehow it lives on, but sometimes I think it’s just like an on-off switch. Click and you’re gone. And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices.

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "And that’s why I don’t like putting on-off switches on Apple devices." by Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs photo
Steve Jobs 150
American entrepreneur and co-founder of Apple Inc. 1955–2011

Related quotes

John C. Dvorak photo
Richard Stallman photo
Ian Fleming photo

“Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch. ”

Ian Fleming (1908–1964) English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer
Ellen Kushner photo
Tennessee Williams photo
Vivek Wadhwa photo
Frances Bean Cobain photo

“I wish there was an on & off switch for my brain. I think too fucking much.”

Frances Bean Cobain (1992) American artist

22 April 2014 https://twitter.com/alka_seltzer666/status/458559591698014208
Twitter https://twitter.com/alka_seltzer666 posts

Alastair Reynolds photo

“Naqi suspected that the ability to turn drunkenness on and off like a switch must be one of the most hallowed of diplomatic skills.”

Turquoise Days, Chapter 2 (p. 237)
Short fiction, Diamond Dogs, Turquoise Days (2003)

Ellen DeGeneres photo
William Hazlitt photo

“I'm not smart, but I like to observe.
Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why”

William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English writer

Source: Characteristics: In the Manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims

Related topics