Quotes from Tim Cook

All of us technology companies need to create some tools that help diminish the volume of fake news. We must try to squeeze this without stepping on freedom of speech and of the press, but we must also help the reader.

It's not what Apple and Beats are doing today. It's what we believe pairing the two together can produce for the future.

You have to find the intersection of doing something you're passionate about and that, at the same time, is in the service of other people. I would argue if you don't find that intersection, you're not going to be very happy.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

I have to feel myself doing what's right. If I'm the arbiter of that instead of letting the guy on TV be that or someone who doesn't know me at all, then I think that's a much better way to live.

There have been people that suggest that we should have a back door. But the reality is if you put a back door in, that back door's for everybody - for good guys and bad guys.

We think the government should be pushing for more encryption. That it's a great thing. You know, it's like the sun and the air and the water.

You know, this iPhone, as a matter of fact, the engine in here is made in America. And not only are the engines in here made in America, but engines are made in America and are exported. The glass on this phone is made in Kentucky. And so we've been working for years on doing more and more in the United States.

You want to be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change.

I am very bullish on India because of its people, its culture, and the leadership. I love the culture and warmth of people.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

We are constantly auditing our supply chain. Making sure that safety standards are - are, you know, are the highest. We're making sure that working conditions are the highest.

A back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe... I don't support a back door for any government, ever.

I despise politics. There is no room for it in a company. My life is going to be way too short to deal with that.

Never try to fix other people. God does not need to do a bank shot off your lips.

You can't have a back door that's only for the good guys.

Certainly some things that are very good can sometimes be used in a bad way.

I don't own encryption, Apple doesn't own encryption. Encryption, as you know, is everywhere. In fact some of encryption is funded by our government.

I think that [there is] this fundamental right to privacy and the philosophy that government shouldn't be intrusive.

Apple is this great American company that could have only happened here.

We have to make sure, at Apple, that we stay true to focus, laser focus - we know we can only do great things a few times, only on a few products.

The North Star has always been the same, which for us, is about making insanely great products that really change the world in some way - enrich people's lives.

Market in India is big enough for several brands. For us, it's about innovation, making best product, and making the ecosystem better and better. If we do that well, then more people will switch from Android to iOS.

There's a mountain of information about us. I mean there's so much. Anyway, I'm not an intelligence person. But I just look at it and it's a mountain of data.