“What makes iPhone 5 so unique is how it feels in your hand. The materials… the remarkable precision. Never before have we built a product with this extraordinarily level of fit and finish.” FeelsHandsLevelsMaterialsProductsFitUniqueBuiltRemarkablePrecisionIphoneIphone 5 Author:Phil Schiller
“For quite some time, I have wanted to live on the central coast of California and get more involved at Cal Poly, my alma mater; spend more time with my wife and sons; travel to interesting parts of the world; and something I have wanted to do for years-- finish the requirements for my pilot's license.” WorldYearsWantedInterestingWifeSonInvolvedMy WifeCaliforniaMore TimePilotsRequirementsCoastLicenseAlma MaterWife And Son Author:Peter Oppenheimer
“We generated $13.5 billion in cash flow from operations and returned almost $21 billion in cash to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases during the March quarter. That brings cumulative payments under our capital return program to $66 billion.” ShareReturnProgramFlowBillionsOperationsMarchQuartersCashPaymentDividendsShareholdersCumulativeCash Flow Author:Peter Oppenheimer
“Just six days after its release on iTunes, a record-breaking 33 million people have already listened to the album.” PeopleMillionsRecordsSixAlbumsReleaseItunesRecords Breaking Author:Eddy Cue
“The addition of Beats will make our music lineup even better, from free streaming with iTunes Radio to a world-class subscription service in Beats, and of course buying music from the iTunes Store as customers have loved to do for years.” WorldYearsCoursesClassBeatsRadioCustomersStoresBuyingWorld ClassStreamingItunesSubscription Author:Eddy Cue
“I expected higher prices for some books, but [there would be] flexibility for other books.” BookWould BeHigherExpectedFlexibility Author:Eddy Cue
“That ship is loaded with treasure, but there's a hole in the ship. And my job is to get everyone to row in the same direction.” JobsTreasureHolesShipsLoaded Author:Gil Amelio
“A railroad station? That was sort of a primitive airport, only you didn't have to take a cab 20 miles out of town to reach it.” TownsMilesStationsPrimitiveAirportsRailroadsCab Author:Russell Baker
“After that [father's death] I never cried with any real conviction, nor expected much of anyone's God except indifference, nor loved deeply without fear that it would cost me dearly in pain. At the age of five I had become a skeptic and began to sense that any happiness that came my way might be the prelude to some grim cosmic joke.” WayRealMightAgePainFatherFiveCostJokesConvictionExpectedMy WayIndifferenceCosmicCriedSkepticGrimPrelude Book:Growing up Source: Growing up
“Voters inclined to loathe and fear elite Ivy League schools rarely make fine distinctions between Yale and Harvard. All they know is that both are full of rich, fancy, stuck-up and possibly dangerous intellectuals who never sit down to supper in their undershirt no matter how hot the weather gets.” KnowsMatterSchoolRichDangerousFineHotStuckWeatherLeagueFancyDistinctionVotersElitesHarvardIvySupperLoatheYaleIvy LeagueStuck UpIvy League Schools Author:Russell Baker