Arthur Rock Quotes

• Steve Jobs is a national treasure. He is so visionary, and so bright. I had to fire him, though.

  Arthur Rock

  Jobs, Fire, Visionaries

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• You know, a lot of people are just interested in, in building a company so they can make money and get out.

  Arthur Rock

  Money, People, Building

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out.

  Arthur Rock

  Firsts, Behavior, Figures

  Stanford University interview, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• Killing Intel, I, I just had to resign from the Apple Board.

  Arthur Rock

  Apples, Boards, Killing

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• This country's going to have a revolution if something doesn't happen the haves and have - nots.

  Arthur Rock

  Country, Revolution, Haves And Have Nots

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• And what I'm interested in is investing in people.

  Arthur Rock

  People, Investing

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• I mean I wasn't a founder in the sense that I contributed anything scientifically but in the sense that I signed the corporation papers and, and owned founder's stock.

  Arthur Rock

  Mean, Paper, Corporations

  Interview, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• The cost of a semiconductor chip fabrication plant doubles every four years.

  Arthur Rock

  Years, Cost, Four

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• People come in with business plans and, I mean I know that no one is going to meet everything they say in a business plan but you got to have something to, to guide towards.

  Arthur Rock

  Mean, People, Guides

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

  Arthur Rock

  Mother, Father, Russia

  silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• Well, I was born and raised in Rochester, New York.

  Arthur Rock

  New York, Popcorn, Born

  Interview with Rob Walker in San Francisco, California, as part of The Silicon Genesis Project with Stanford University, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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• So I, I knew something in a business sense about semiconductors and I appreciated their possibilities.

  Arthur Rock

  Appreciated, Possibility, Semiconductors

  Interview with Rob Walker, silicongenesis.stanford.edu. November 12, 2002.

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