Jeff Bezos Quotes

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• The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.
• What's dangerous is not to evolve.
• You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.
• A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.
• Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.
• For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.
• I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent…
• I think that, ah, I'm a very goofy sort of person in many ways.
• I think there are going to be a bunch of tablet-like devices. It's really a different product category.
• I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.
• I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers.
• I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.
• I'm skeptical that the novel will be 're-invented.'
• Infrastructure web services had to happen.
• It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times.
• Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress.
• One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection.
• You don't want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.
• You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world.
• Millions of people were inspired by the Apollo Program. I was five years old when I watched Apollo 11 unfold on television, and without any…

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