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
Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I've not seen an effective manager or leader who can't spend some fraction of time down in the trenches... If they don't… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
The Apollo program certainly had no real commercial value. It was done for very different reasons and, I think, very good reasons… — 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
What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against… — 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
We've done price elasticity studies, and the answer is always that we should raise prices. We don't do that, because we believe… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
When you are eighty years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I read 'The High Frontier' in high school. I read it multiple times, and I was already primed. As soon as I… — 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
Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time. — 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
In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting… — 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
Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it's government or nonprofit or profit.… — 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
If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people, But if… — 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
