SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A SMALL CREDIT-CARD READER

“Pretty soon everyone is going to know someone who has used Square. We think the product speaks for itself.”

Square chief operating officer Keith Rabois, calling into question why the company just hired a new communications chief, New York Post, 19 April 2012

SIR RICHARD IS HAVING A MOMENT

“Dave Morin, the cofounder and CEO of Path, is one of the geniuses who helped set up Facebook in the early days.”

Virgin Group beardtrepreneur Richard Branson, on investing in Path solely on the basis of a mancrush, Richard’s Blog, 18 April 2012

PLEASE DON’T TELL HIM ABOUT YAHOO EVERYTHING

“Yahoo has been doing way too much for too long and has only been doing a few things well.”

Yahoo CEO du jour Scott Thompson, on delicately pruning the company’s imperial overreach, AllThingsD, 17 April 2012

WHEN STEVE JOBS SAID “THINK DIFFERENT,” HE WASN’T TALKING TO THIS GUY

“As our company has grown we had begun researching film production, and when the idea of a movie about Steve Jobs sprang up, we knew we wanted to pursue it.”

First-time movie producer Mark Hulme, on why he switched from organizing mortgage conferences to backing Ashton Kutcher vehicles, Neowin, 14 April 2012

THE PAST AS PRESENT

“The time for Sony to change is now.”

Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai, making an observation about the consumer-electronics giant that was as true a decade ago as it is now, The New York Times, 15 April 2012