Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People will visit Mars, they will settle mars, and we should because it's cool. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It's lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
There's so much stuff that has yet to be invented. There's so much new that's going to happen. People don't have any… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I definitely believe people should pay for copyrighted works. And the laws are sufficient: They already require you to pay for copyright… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People forget already how much utility they get out of the Internet - how much utility they get out of e-mail, how… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television,… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
When we build our own colonies, we can do them in near-Earth vicinity, because people are going to want to come back… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The Internet is disrupting every media industry...people can complain about that, but complaining is not a strategy. And Amazon is not happening… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Teachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning. If you do… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
A lot of people – and I’m just not one of them – believe that you should live for the now. I… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I think one of the things people don't understand is we can build more shareholder value by lowering product prices than we… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Web 1.0 was making the Internet for people, Web 2.0 is making the Internet better for companies. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions;… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
There are a whole bunch of people who don't like to shop. But there are also people, maybe, who even do like… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We need to know what the resources of the moon are. We have great evidence now because of different kinds of radar… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We're working to lower the cost of spaceflight so that many people can afford to go and so that we humans can… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I think technology advanced faster than anticipated. In that whirlwind, a lot of companies didn't survive. The reason we have done well is because,… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We also have no incentive compensation of any kind. And the reason we don’t is because it is detrimental to teamwork. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
We're not competitor obsessed, we're customer obsessed. We start with the customer and we work backwards. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
