"There is no business, there are only people. Business exists only among people and for people."

“What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures.”

“The nightingale is sovereign of song.”

“If you do something for the first time, you will always remember it. If your Dad has something to do with it, you write about it.”

“When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.”

“Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.”

“As starving men crave a crust of bread, as choking men thirst for water, so do the righteous yearn for the Holy Ghost. The Holy Ghost is a Revelator: he is a Sanctifier; he reveals truth, and he cleanses human souls. He is the Spirit of Truth, and his baptism is one of fire; he burns dross and evil out of repentant souls as though by fire. The gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest of all the gifts of God, as pertaining to this life; and those who enjoy that gift here and now, will inherit eternal life hereafter, which is the greatest of all the gifts of God in eternity.”

“I've been portrayed as a caveman by some. That's not true. I'm a conservative progressive, and that means I think all men are equal, be they slants, beaners, or niggers.”

“We believe in saying no to thousands of projects so that we can really focus on the few that are truly important and meaningful to us.”

Source : "Apple's Tim Cook: We're Fine Without Steve Jobs (AAPL)" by Dan Frommer, www.businessinsider.com. January 21, 2009.