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Bezos dismissed those objections and insisted that to succeed in books as Apple had in music, Amazon needed to control the entire customer experience, — Brad Stone

The people who are right a lot often change their minds. — Jeff Bezos

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

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. — Jeff Bezos

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives. — Jeff Bezos

It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today — Jeff Bezos

Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the "hot passion" of the day. — Jeff Bezos

Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you're missionary about. — Jeff Bezos

If you're going to invest in an Internet stock, you must be a long-term investor. — Jeff Bezos

Bezos said. "When I read that letter, I thought, we don't make money when we sell things. We make money when we help customers make — Brad Stone

I'm a genetic optimist. — Jeff Bezos

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

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create. — Jeff Bezos

We change our tools and then our tools change us. — Jeff Bezos

If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail. — Jeff Bezos

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

Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times. — Jeff Bezos

I told all of our original investors that they would lose their money for sure. — Jeff Bezos

No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in. — Jeff Bezos

Our premise is there are going to be a lot of winners. It's not winner take all. Other people do not have to lose for us to win. — Jeff Bezos

I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures. — Jeff Bezos

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated. — Jeff Bezos

Thus did Jeff Bezos become one of the original investors in Google, his company's future rival, — Brad Stone

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you. — Jeff Bezos

Determine what your customers need, and work backwards. — Jeff Bezos

The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine. — Jeff Bezos

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics. — Jeff Bezos

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

I'm not prepared to make any multi-decade commitments. — Jeff Bezos

Your brand is formed primarily, not by what your company says about itself, but what the company does. — Jeff Bezos

Cultures aren't so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people. — Jeff Bezos

The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever. — Jeff Bezos

People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often. — Jeff Bezos

Obsess over customers. — Jeff Bezos

One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting. — Jeff Bezos

Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location. — Jeff Bezos

I wanted a woman who could get me out of a Third World prison. Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. — Jeff Bezos

I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers. — Jeff Bezos

If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right. — Jeff Bezos

It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you're in boom times. — Jeff Bezos

Start With the Customer and Work Backward — Jeff Bezos

It's harder to be kind than clever — Jeff Bezos

While he was charming and capable of great humor in public, in private, Bezos could bite an employee's head right off. — Brad Stone

What's dangerous is not to evolve. — Jeff Bezos

Focusing on the customer makes a company more resilient. — Jeff Bezos

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface. — 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

My view is there's no bad time to innovate. — Jeff Bezos

If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away. — Jeff Bezos

Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood. — Jeff Bezos

I'd rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person. — Jeff Bezos

You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author's world. — Jeff Bezos

Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes. — Jeff Bezos

I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg. — 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

We are our choices. Build yourself a great story. — Jeff Bezos

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

We've got thousands of investors counting on us. And we're a team of thousands of employees all counting on each other. That's fun. — Jeff Bezos

People loved their horses, too. But you don't keep riding your horse to work just because you love it. — Jeff Bezos

Mediocre theoretical physicists make no progress. They spend all their time understanding other people's progress. — Jeff Bezos

Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you. — Jeff Bezos

The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy. — Jeff Bezos

I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece. — Jeff Bezos

Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good. — Jeff Bezos

The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world. — Jeff Bezos

All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's. — Jeff Bezos

Things never go smoothly. — Jeff Bezos

Be proud of your choices, not your gifts. — Jeff Bezos

My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever. — Jeff Bezos

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

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last. — Jeff Bezos

You cannot make a business case that you should be who you are not — Jeff Bezos

If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model. — Jeff Bezos

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

Work Hard, have fun, make history — Jeff Bezos

Part of company culture is path-dependent - it's the lessons you learn along the way. — Jeff Bezos

You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, 'let's be simple minded. We know this is a feature that's good for customers. Let's do it. — Jeff Bezos

We like to pioneer, we like to explore, we like to go down dark alleys and see what's on the other side. — Jeff Bezos

If you can't feed a team with two pizzas, it's too large. — Jeff Bezos

Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process. — Jeff Bezos

E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being. — Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos is opening a retail store and owns a newspaper. Turns out everything we thought about the Internet is wrong. — Aaron Levie

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It's not optional. — Jeff Bezos

I know Jeff Bezos because I cater at his home. — Tom Douglas

Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind? — Jeff Bezos

Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions. — Jeff Bezos

In Seattle you haven't had enough coffee until you can thread a sewing machine while it's running. — Jeff Bezos

Obsess about customers, not competitors. — Jeff Bezos

If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn't otherwise accomplish. — Jeff Bezos

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

Our vision is every book ever printed in any language in under 60 seconds. — Jeff Bezos

No communication is terrible! — Jeff Bezos

Feel free to cover Amazon any way you want. Feel free to cover Jeff Bezos any way you want. — Jeff Bezos

It's not an experiment if you know it's going to work. — Jeff Bezos

I very much believe the Internet is indeed all it is cracked up to be. — Jeff Bezos

Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency. — Jeff Bezos

If you're long-term oriented, customer interests and shareholder interests are aligned. — Jeff Bezos

People will visit Mars, they will settle mars, and we should because it's cool. — Jeff Bezos

One of the things it was obvious you could do with an online store is have a much more complete selection. — Jeff Bezos

Are you lazy or just incompetent? — Jeff Bezos