Amazon Quotes

117 quotes by 97 authors

To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator. The company claims to want a more literate world - and it came along when the… — George Packer
Xiaomi looks a bit like Apple but is really more like Amazon with some elements of Google. — Lei Jun
On a regular basis, I conduct work in the Amazon, establishing trade for medicinal plants, and working with small communities to improve their economies and… — Chris Kilham
I always dreamt that I would marry in the Piazza Del Campo in Siena and go on my honeymoon down the Amazon, up the Nile,… — Jasmine Guinness
Amazon thrived because it implemented the online bookstore idea better than any of its early rivals did, not because it was the only company to… — Max McKeown
The Awa are a distinctive-looking, diminutive forest people, smaller than any of the dozen other Amazon tribespeople I have met. Reduced size is adaptive in… — Alex Shoumatoff
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run by… — Mikko Hypponen
Average Americans order nonfat decaf iced vanilla lattes at Starbucks and choose from 1,500 drawer pulls at The Great Indoors. Amazon gives every town a… — Virginia Postrel
Amazon webhosting dropped Wikileaks as a customer after receiving a complaint from U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, despite the fact that Wikileaks had not been charged,… — Rebecca MacKinnon
It was a downriver 10-K in the mouth of the Amazon. I won in an hour and 20 minutes. It has to be one of… — Mark Warkentin
Despite outsiders being invited to write software, the iPhone thus remains tightly tethered to its vendor - the way that the Kindle is controlled by… — Jonathan Zittrain
I spent 39 days in the Amazon, and I could not even find a fish to catch. — Jenna Morasca
Google, Amazon, Apple. Any number of cloud providers and computer service providers who can increasingly limit your access to your own information, control all your… — John Perry Barlow
The iPod is a proprietary integrated product, although that is becoming quite modular. You can download your music from Amazon as easily as you can… — Clayton Christensen
In 1972, Texaco Oil Company, in partnership with PetroEcuador, the state-run oil company of Ecuador, began to drill for oil in the jungles of the… — Peter Coyote
In 2001, Texaco was bought by Chevron, and during deliberations concerning that sale, an 800 page document listing the problems and liabilities connected to Texaco… — Peter Coyote
I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about… — Patti Davis
I have a number of places on my wish list, including Antarctica, the Norwegian fjords, and the Amazon. I have a passion for wilderness, and… — Robert Powell
While a lot of what is on Facebook is a better amalgam of what AOL, Yahoo, Amazon, and other Web pioneers introduced long ago, with… — Kara Swisher
Is Amazon truly the best online buying experience? Absolutely not. Is eBay the best platform for auction? Probably not. Are dating sites like match.com really… — Danny Rimer

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