I am the happiest person ever.

I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.

—Steve Wozniak in a reply to registrations_suck's comment ("Sold his stock: Smart man. Great engineer. Bad decision. Happens to all of us. Had I not sold some of my Apple stock when I did, I'd be worth some $50M right now. Difference between me and Woz? I'm not a smart man. I'm not a good engineer.") on Slashdot. (H/T)

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