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.

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.

The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.

Now that I've found the way to fly, which direction should I go into the night?

I'm very modest. I know that baseball is a very humbling game.

It always comes back to the fact that it is best to listen to that inner voice, whether you're in a relationship or not.

The tendency of advanced capitalism has been to enlarge the middle class and not to wipe it out, as it once seemed likely to do.

Everything moves a little quicker in Los Angeles.

We were mighty short of infielders in those days

It is impossible to wait and weigh, in golden scales, the sentiments of prejudice and superstition that have gathered round the priests who are considered to be the custodians of Hinduism.

And scandal has a way of catching up with those who disregard its power.

Animation has completely changed and I've always been a big fan.