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.

For Satan’s deceptions to be successful, they must be so cunningly devised that his real purpose is concealed by wiles.

I'm 86 and my doctor used to tell me to slow down - at least he did until he dropped dead.

Reducing our desires and eliminating false neediness is the answer to resolving the nagging inner discomfort that we feel.

I'm a people's man - only the people matter.

Hatred can become like food, it gives you this energy that you can, like, live off.

I actually read “Wonder Woman,” and here’s the thing about her: she’s more of a physical presence than anything else. You don’t get to really know her on the inside.

We feel unhappy and confused with our life when we don't do the focus or calling that God has on our life.

In an automobile civilization, which was one of constant motion and activity, there was almost no time to think; in a television one, there is small desire.

While the American people have the impression that scientists are hard at work figuring out this complex matter of climate change, it's not actually that complicated.

Live performance has always been my thing. It’s my purpose to master and capture the moment every time I have you connected.