The Chance of Contributing

Most of the time, we're taking things. Neither you nor I made the clothes we wear; we don't make the food or grow the foods we eat; we use a language that was developed by other people; we use another society's mathematics. Very rarely do we get a chance to put something back into that pool. I think we have that opportunity now. And no, we don't know where it will lead. We just know there's something much bigger than any of us here.

Source: Steve Jobs, 1985 Playboy Interview
Taken From: If You Want More Jobs, Look to Steve Jobs, Sovereign Man 10/6/2011