Guy Kawasaki quotes

Steve [Jobs] proves that it's OK to be an asshole... He just has a different OS. (Guy Kawasaki)
Pursuing your passions makes you more interesting, and interesting people are enchanting.
Guy Kawasaki
Ambitious failure, magnificent failure, is a very good thing.
Guy Kawasaki
Evangelism is selling a dream.
Guy Kawasaki
At the end of my life, is it better to say that I empowered people to make great stuff, or that I died with a net worth of $10 billion? Obviously I'm picking the former, although I would not mind both.
Guy Kawasaki
What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.
Guy Kawasaki
How many Microsoft employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?" The answer to that is none because Bill Gates has declared darkness the new standard.
Guy Kawasaki
How many Macintosh division employees does it take to screw in a light bulb?" The answer is one. The Macintosh division employee holds up the light bulb and expects the universe to revolve around it.
Guy Kawasaki
This was the Macintosh division, which was arguably the largest collection of egomaniacs in the history of California. We held that record for about 30 years until Google broke it recently.
Guy Kawasaki
If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes.
Guy Kawasaki
One of the reasons why I believe in God is there is no other explanation for Apple's continuous survival than the existence of God. (Guy Kawasaki)
Simple and to the point is always the best way to get your point across.
Guy Kawasaki
Great companies start because the founders want to change the world... not make a fast buck.
Guy Kawasaki
Don't worry, be crappy. Revolutionary means you ship and then test... Lots of things made the first Mac in 1984 a piece of crap - but it was a revolutionary piece of crap.
Guy Kawasaki
Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.
Guy Kawasaki
When you enchant people, your goal is not to make money from them or to get them to do what you want, but to fill them with great delight.
Guy Kawasaki
Patience is the art of concealing your impatience.
Guy Kawasaki
A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.
Guy Kawasaki
The jewelry business is a very, very tough business - tougher than the computer business. You truly have to understand how to take care of your customers.
Guy Kawasaki
Good people hire people better than themselves. So A players hire A+ players. But others hire below their skills to make themselves look good. So B players hire C players. C players hire D players, etc.
Guy Kawasaki
I think that no one, or very few, are born as good presenters. It's a skill that you learn. (Guy Kawasaki)
Entitlement is the opposite of enchantment.
Guy Kawasaki
When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.
Guy Kawasaki
I do have a peripatetic and active intellectual curiosity.
Guy Kawasaki
Not many people agree with what I do.
Guy Kawasaki