Jeff BezosThe common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not? ✨ Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You T… ▶351Thought
Jeff BezosThe thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated. ✨ Online Extra: Q&A with Ama… ▶362Thought
Jeff BezosFocusing on the customer makes a company more resilient.363Love
Jeff BezosCleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. ✨ Jeff Bezos wishes his 4th grade teacher a happy 80th birthday in t… ▶375Truth
Jeff BezosCultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people.342Humanity
Jeff BezosThe smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, n… ▶375HumanityReadingReflection
Jeff BezosOn the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It… ▶342Thought
Jeff BezosI think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out. ✨ Bezos On Innovation. Intervi… ▶331Thought
Jeff BezosAdvertising is the price you pay for unremakable thinking.342Thought
Jeff BezosIf you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.332Reading
Jeff BezosWe've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and thy're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.376Thought
Jeff BezosThere are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.… ▶365Sadness
Jeff BezosIf you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large.332Humanity
Jeff BezosWe watch our competitors, learn from them, see the things that they were doing for customers and copy those things as much as we can.355Humor
Jeff BezosIf everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people, But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’r… ▶344HumanityThoughtTime
Jeff BezosIf we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right.344Politics
Jeff BezosOne of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.366HumanityLove
Jeff BezosCleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. ✨ Billionaire Jeff Bezos says being smart isn't enough—you also need this to be successful by Ruth Umoh, www.cnbc.com.… ▶366Humanity
Jeff BezosReal estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location. ✨ Online Extra: Q&A with Amazon's Jeff Bezos. Inter… ▶377Politics
Jeff BezosThe balance of power is shifting toward consumers and away from companies The right way to respond to this if you are a company is to put the vast majority of your energy, attenti… ▶345Politics
Jeff BezosAmazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.334Reading
Jeff BezosI don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface. ✨ Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.323Death
Jeff BezosOur premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win. ✨ Amazon CEO takes long view. Interview with… ▶367Humanity
Jeff BezosYou know, if you make a customer unhappy they won't tell five friends, they'll tell 5,000 friends. So, we are at a point now where we have all of the things we need to build an im… ▶313Reading
Jeff BezosWe've done price elasticity studies, and the answer is always that we should raise prices. We don't do that, because we believe -- and we have to take this as an article of faith … ▶313DeathHopeTime
Jeff BezosIt's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today ✨ Some advice from Jeff Bezos. Interview with Jason Fried, signalvnoise.c… ▶368Thought
Jeff BezosIn the end, we are our choices. ✨ 2010 Baccalaureate Remarks. Commencement speech at Princeton University, www.princeton.edu. May 30, 2010.302Reflection
Jeff BezosYou're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations. ✨ What Uber, Amazon, and Facebook Don’t Want You to Know by David Sable, www.huffingtonpost.com. Septem… ▶291Reading
Jeff BezosIf you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later. ✨ King of Cyber-Commerce. Academy of Achievement interview, www.ac… ▶292LifeThought
Jeff BezosThere are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it… ▶358Humor
