Jeff Bezos Quotes

There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.
Jeff Bezos

Business, Work, Two

I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it's not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that's not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.
Jeff Bezos

Business, Care, Why

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
Jeff Bezos

Hard, Person, Trying

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.
Jeff Bezos

Great, Experience, Powerful

Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That's why there's the old saw: location, location, location.
Jeff Bezos

I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
Jeff Bezos

Energy, Else, Creative

The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it's so easy to be motivated.
Jeff Bezos

Easy, Motivation, Common

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?'
Jeff Bezos

Good, Business, Why

The best customer service is if the customer doesn't need to call you, doesn't need to talk to you. It just works.
Jeff Bezos

Best, Talk, Service

There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
Jeff Bezos

Involved, Discovery

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

Wait, Until, Competitor

What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don't actually improve their lives.
Jeff Bezos

Getting, Lives, Actually

Because, you know, resilience - if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you'd be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn't a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
Jeff Bezos

Good, Two, Pretty

For people who are readers, reading is important to them.
Jeff Bezos

Important, Reading, Readers

I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
Jeff Bezos

Willing, Innovate

The book is not really the container for the book. The book itself is the narrative. It's the thing that people create.
Jeff Bezos

Book, Create, Narrative

What's dangerous is not to evolve.
Jeff Bezos

Dangerous, Evolve

You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.
Jeff Bezos

Adding, Hemingway

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.
Jeff Bezos

Last, Company, Addicted

Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.
Jeff Bezos

Find, Discover, Online

Cultures, for better or worse, are very stable.
Jeff Bezos

Worse, Stable, Cultures

Ebooks had to happen.
Jeff Bezos

For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.
Jeff Bezos

Reading, Cause, Display

I don't know about you, but most of my exchanges with cashiers are not that meaningful.
Jeff Bezos

Meaningful, Exchanges

I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.
Jeff Bezos

Smart, Real, Pictures

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: January 12, 1964

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