“We do not say anything about future products. We work on them in secret, then we announce them.” SecretSilenceProductsSay Anything Author:Steve Jobs
“A guy said to me, 'You're so lucky. You have people like Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand and The Beatles doing your songs.' I figured out, though, the harder I work the luckier I get. The secret of anything is to surround yourself with good people if you want a good product.” PeopleIfsWantSaidGuySongSecretProductsLuckyHarderSurroundRaysGood PeopleSurround YourselfSo LuckyLucky YouStreisandSurround Yourself With Good People Author:Buck Owens
“Writing to me is a deeply personal, even a secret function and when the product I turned loose it is cut off from me and I have no sense of its being mine. Consequently criticism doesn't mean anything to me. As a disciplinary matter, it is too late.” WritingMeanMatterSecretCuttingMinesProductsLateCriticismFunctionToo Late Author:John Steinbeck
“Secret courts making secret rulings on secret laws, and companies flagrantly lying to consumers about the insecurity of their products and services, undermine the very foundations of our society.” LawLyingSecretCompanyProductsFoundationCourtConsumersOur SocietyInsecurityRuling Author:Bruce Schneier
“At some point, that risk-taking private capital can take over, and have patents and trade secrets and things that let them lead the way, which happened with the steam engine and some other things, although with energy, the time of adoption is a lot longer than it is with, say, IT products or even medical advances, like drugs and vaccines.” WayEnergySecretRiskHappenedProductsDrugTradeMedicalEnginesAdoptionSteamVaccinesPatentsRisk-takingSteam EnginesMedical Advances Author:Bill Gates