“Whether or not he came to believe it - so many people, when they have a mission, come to believe something in a way that may have started out as a slogan. You know, L. Ron Hubbard, not to make a random comparison, started Scientology as a scam.” PeopleKnowsWayBelieveMayMissionsComparisonSlogansScientologyScamsRon HubbardL Ron Hubbard Author:Alex Gibney
“Steve Jobs did not start started Apple as a scam. But he understood early on the power of marketing. The idea of the computer as a bicycle for the human mind - I think that was something he believed. He believed in making people comfortable with these machines, which is why he spent so much time thinking about how to design them a certain way, how to make them so user-friendly and interactive, and why he spent so much time studying the Zeitgeist.” PeopleThinkingWayMindHumansIdeasJobsCertainStudyDesignComfortableComputerUnderstoodMachinesMarketingApplesFriendlyHuman MindUsersBicycleInteractiveScamsZeitgeistUser Friendly Author:Alex Gibney
“In many ways, I'm a big admirer still of Julian Assange. He had balls to do what he did and his motivations in terms of holding the powerful to account are tremendously inspiring to me.” WayStillsBigsMotivationTermPowerfulAccountsBallsAdmirerAssange Author:Alex Gibney
“I feel that Julian Assange came to be both paranoid and self-regarding in ways that ultimately undermined his own mission.” WayFeelsSelfMissionsParanoidAssange Author:Alex Gibney
“The Church must be all-powerful. You discover these horrors within institutions because predators find ways of hiding in plain sight.” WayChurchPowerfulHorrorSightInstitutionsHidingPredatorPlain SightHiding In Plain Sight Author:Alex Gibney
“I think one of things that Steve Jobs, in his own funny way, encouraged us to remember with those "Think different" posters of Gandhi and Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King was, "How do you make the world a better place?"” ThinkingWorldWayDifferentJobsRememberKingsParksBetter PlaceLutherPostersRosaThink Different Author:Alex Gibney
“Steve Jobs was one of the first people to understand that the computer wasn't just a tool, but that it could be an extension of ourselves, and he positioned Apple that way. The iPod was this revolutionary device with the idea of 1,000 songs in your pocket, and then that machine represents who you are.” PeopleWayFirstsIdeasJobsSongComputerToolsMachinesWho You AreRevolutionaryApplesPocketsDevicesExtensionsIpods Author:Alex Gibney
“I'm still an Apple person, but let's just say the magic aura is gone. In a way that was a sad thing to lose, but I feel better for it. It's just a machine now, not linked with any greater mission or mystique.” WayFeelsPersonsStillsLosesGoneGreaterMagicMachinesMissionsApplesFeel BetterLinkedAurasMystiqueSad Things Author:Alex Gibney
