Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. The Image.
Today I received a surprise present from another enthusiast of Steve Job’s Stanford speech. It’s the back cover of the last issue of the “Whole Earth” magazine Steve Jobs referred to in his speech.
WOW!
I will revamp the speech audio download site soon to include the full size picture of the cover along with other helpful details.
The text is a bit hard to read. It says “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” A special thank you is extended to Dave Williams for sending me this picture.

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July 19th, 2005 at 8:55 pm
wow! so, this is the one! Pretty cool.
July 20th, 2005 at 3:59 am
Cool. I liked the speech very much - I find Steve Jobs very interesting and I always watch the WWDC etc. videos.
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.” - Simple, but great.
July 26th, 2005 at 9:45 pm
I read the speech and really enjoyed it. I had the good fortune to sit in that same audience 25 years ago and look to my own future. It’s very healthy to relive the moment once in a while.
btw, could you post instructions on how to download and play on a PC? Winzip wanted to work on the file but could not decipher it. It has a .tar.gz extension. Would it be possible to post it as an mp3?
July 26th, 2005 at 10:09 pm
Answer can be found here: http://www.wiredatom.com/blog/?p=9#comments
September 10th, 2005 at 2:00 pm
The back cover image shown is from the book”Whole Earth Epilog”-published in 1974. It was essentially volume two of the book that preceded it called “The Last Whole Earth Catalog.
November 28th, 2005 at 11:22 pm
A Worth read article, i m sure it will inspire young generation towards importance of positivism in their lives.
A must read for students across the globe.
Indian context needs more eloberation from the side of Mr. Jobs, which i m seeking.
Thanks for such a valuable speech.
January 26th, 2006 at 6:41 am
steve’s speech (both audio and video) is posted now (for free) on “Stanford on iTunes” http://itunes.stanford.edu/
I just heart it (somehow struggling to download the video).. and landed here when googling for the picture.. thanks a lot for posting the photograph here
rgds, dg
April 18th, 2007 at 4:10 am
I am looking for this picture!Thank you very much!!!
June 3rd, 2007 at 5:42 am
Check another speech about connecting the dots by Infosys Chief Mentor Mr. Narayana Murthy
“Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”
http://www.rediff.com/money/2007/may/28bspec.htm
August 12th, 2008 at 3:32 am
But what does Steve Jobs mean by “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish”?
Does it have a meaning?
Or is it just a phrase that has to be interpreted by the reader/listener as it relates to them?