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

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

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

We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming.

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.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

It's hard to find things that won't sell online.

Everything you are comes from your choices.

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

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.

My position as a follower of God is not to show you how close I am to God—my job is to show you how close you are to God […]. (Simon)

No matter who’s looking at you, love, honesty, and kindness will always make you beautiful!

How had it come to this? My life was in CHAOS!

Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.

Children, they're the same everywhere. Greedy little creatures but the best listeners in the world - any world. The very best of all.

If you want to look your best, be creative, try some new ideas, and have fun doing it.

If you have a dream, hold on to it, believe in it and never stop working hard to make it come true.

I am miserable when I'm in a movie I'm not proud of and a movie that I don't want to do.

As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves.