Jeff Bezos

We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans,…

— Jeff Bezos

If you look at academic studies, you can see that stock prices are most closely correlated with cash flow. It's such a…

— Jeff Bezos

Our biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It's lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs.

— Jeff Bezos

I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise…

— Jeff Bezos

We're working on New Glenn, which is our orbital vehicle, but we have in our mind's eye an even bigger vehicle called…

— Jeff Bezos

A life of stasis would be population control, combined with energy rationing. That is the stasis world that you live in if…

— Jeff Bezos

If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.

— Jeff Bezos

Our motto at Blue Origin is 'Gradatim Ferociter': 'Step by Step, Ferociously.'

— Jeff Bezos

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

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

We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the…

— Jeff Bezos

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

— Jeff Bezos

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

Your margin is my opportunity.

— Jeff Bezos

Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.

— Jeff Bezos

The balance of power is shifting toward consumers and away from companies The right way to respond to this if you are…

— Jeff Bezos

We'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…

— Jeff Bezos

One thing that I find very unmotivating is the kind of Plan B argument: when Earth gets destroyed, you want to be…

— Jeff Bezos

I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.

— Jeff Bezos

Ebooks had to happen.

— Jeff Bezos

Are you lazy or just incompetent?

— Jeff Bezos

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

You don't chose your passion, your passion choses you

— Jeff Bezos

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

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.

— Jeff Bezos