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Jeff Bezos Quotes

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional Picture Quote #1

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? Picture Quote #1

We change our tools and then our tools change us Picture Quote #1

You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you Picture Quote #1

The people who are right a lot often change their minds Picture Quote #1

Not the outcome any of us wanted Picture Quote #1

There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery Picture Quote #1

Ebooks had to happen Picture Quote #1

For people who are readers, reading is important to them Picture Quote #1

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable Picture Quote #1

I’m skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece Picture Quote #1

The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’ Picture Quote #1

The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology Picture Quote #1

We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we’ve done is build a large, unprofitable company Picture Quote #1

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times Picture Quote #1

One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection Picture Quote #1

Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn’t a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities Picture Quote #1

But there’s so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That’s where we are. We don’t get our hair caught in it, but that’s the level of primitiveness of where we are. We’re in 1908 Picture Quote #1

The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren’t thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren’t putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home Picture Quote #1

If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends Picture Quote #1

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 customer first. Invent. And be patient Picture Quote #1

All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you’re Woolworth’s Picture Quote #1

The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth’s most customer-centric company Picture Quote #1

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 idea yet how impactful the internet is going to be and that this is still Day 1 in such a big way Picture Quote #1

It’s perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today Picture Quote #1

Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they’re given after all. Choices can be hard Picture Quote #1

If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering Picture Quote #1

On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It’s very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big Picture Quote #1

Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes Picture Quote #1

I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value Picture Quote #1

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Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? (Jeff Bezos Quotes) We change our tools and then our tools change us (Jeff Bezos Quotes) You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you (Jeff Bezos Quotes) The people who are right a lot often change their minds (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Not the outcome any of us wanted (Jeff Bezos Quotes) There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Ebooks had to happen (Jeff Bezos Quotes) For people who are readers, reading is important to them (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable (Jeff Bezos Quotes) I’m skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece (Jeff Bezos Quotes) The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’ (Jeff Bezos Quotes) The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology (Jeff Bezos Quotes) We were hoping to build a small profitable company; and of course, what we’ve done is build a large, unprofitable company (Jeff Bezos Quotes) It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times (Jeff Bezos Quotes) One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn’t a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities (Jeff Bezos Quotes) But there’s so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That’s where we are. We don’t get our hair caught in it, but that’s the level of primitiveness of where we are. We’re in 1908 (Jeff Bezos Quotes) The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren’t thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about - they weren’t putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home (Jeff Bezos Quotes) If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends (Jeff Bezos Quotes) 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 customer first. Invent. And be patient (Jeff Bezos Quotes) All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you’re Woolworth’s (Jeff Bezos Quotes) The most important single thing is to focus obsessively on the customer. Our goal is to be earth’s most customer-centric company (Jeff Bezos Quotes) 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 idea yet how impactful the internet is going to be and that this is still Day 1 in such a big way (Jeff Bezos Quotes) It’s perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they’re given after all. Choices can be hard (Jeff Bezos Quotes) If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering (Jeff Bezos Quotes) On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It’s very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big (Jeff Bezos Quotes) Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes (Jeff Bezos Quotes) I try to spend my time on areas that I think are important for the future, and where I think I can add value. (Jeff Bezos Quotes)

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