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

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.

Quit questioning God and start trusting Him!

You’re the one sitting there with a boner. You’llterrify your charity guys, walking in with that thing pointingat them.

Get thee behind me Satan.

If every man's internal care Were written on his brow How many would our pity share Who raise our envy now?

I know some of those 'Glee' people, and they can really sing! I wish we could hear them live, because I know some of them and they can really sing like nobody's business.

Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.

I told her I wanted a plastic surgeon to sew me up, and I wanted her to freeze my ovaries, so I could harvest the eggs and have a biological child through a surrogate.

What kind of society isn't structured on greed?

I think win the election big, if she can win it, I'd like to see Hillary Clinton 54, 55 percent because I want her to rule the country.

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.