American industrialist & Amazon founder (1964- )
I think of the internet like this big, new, powerful technology.... We haven't learned as a civilization and a human species how to operate that yet. We as a civilization are still figuring all of that out. It gives us fantastic capabilities. The fact that I can look up almost anything on Wikipedia in five seconds is an unbelievable capability that just simply didn't exist 20 years ago. And so on and so on. But we're also finding out that these powerful tools enable some very bad things, too, like letting authoritarian governments interfere in free democratic elections in the world. This is an incredibly scary thing.
JEFF BEZOS
Business Insider, April 28, 2018
You have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
JEFF BEZOS
Inc., May 7, 2014
Your margin is my opportunity.
JEFF BEZOS
"Amazon's Impending Invasion of Banking", Forbes, July 8, 2019
All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's.
JEFF BEZOS
Business Insider, July 16, 2015
If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.
JEFF BEZOS
Business Insider, July 16, 2015
Frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.
JEFF BEZOS
Inc., May 7, 2014