There is no map, and charting a path ahead will not be easy. We will need to invent, which means we will need to experiment.

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.

I don't think that God says, "Go to church and pray all day and everything will be fine." No. For me God says, "Go out and make the changes that need to be made, and I'll be there to help you.

The greatness of the human personality begins at the hour of birth. From this almost mystic affirmation there comes what may seem a strange conclusion: that education must start from birth.

The duty of the individual farmer, at this time, is to increase his production, particularly of food crops.

After my bypass surgery I knew I had to change my lifestyle, and then it occured to me - I don't have a lifestyle.

Photography has been very, very generous to me, but at the same time has damaged me.

A light exists in Spring Not present in the year at any other period When March is scarcely here.

I just want to let everyone know I'm not a murderer.

The only difference is that religion is much better organized and has been around much longer, but it's the same story with different characters and different costumes.

Assumption of superiority by any person over any other is a sin against God and man.

Humorists of the 'mere' sort cannot survive. Humor is only a fragrance, a decoration.