452 Quotes by JEFF BEZOS

Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity, and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.

We have had so many discussions with so many different publishers that it isn't practical to keep it under wraps, ... Too many people know about it.

Advertising is the price you pay for unremakable thinking.

We get to move more units across that same fixed-cost structure. So it does help our business and help customers at the same time,

There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.

What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.

We'll ferociously manage the products we carry so that we sell only products that are profitable, ... The thirty-pound box of nails isn't long for our world.

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

If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.