I think technology advanced faster than anticipated. In that whirlwind, a lot of companies didn't survive. The reason we have done well… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
When [competitors are] in the shower in the morning, they're thinking about how they're going to get ahead of one of their… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box… — 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
I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn't otherwise accomplish. — 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
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
If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I'm not saying that advertising is going away. But the balance is shifting. If today the successful recipe is to put 70… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I'm skeptical that the novel will be "reinvented." If you start thinking about a medical textbook or something, then, yes, I think… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I 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