452 Quotes by JEFF BEZOS

Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

What's very dangerous is not to evolve

If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people… Just by lengthening the time horizon, you can engage in endeavors that you could never otherwise pursue

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.

No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in.

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Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don't do anything new.

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When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adapt what they’re doing. If they’re not right, if you really have conviction that they’re not right, you need to have that long-term willingness to be misunderstood. It’s a key part of invention.