Quotes by Jeff Bezos

Explore a curated collection of 40 quotes by Jeff Bezos. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

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 resou — Jeff Bezos
Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you're missionary about. — Jeff Bezos
The missionary is building the product and building the service because they love the customer, because they love the pr — Jeff Bezos
If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if y — Jeff Bezos
No business can continue to shrink. That can only go on for so long before irrelevancy sets in. — Jeff Bezos
Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people. — Jeff Bezos
What’s dangerous is not to evolve. — Jeff Bezos
We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode. — Jeff Bezos
E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being. — Jeff Bezos
We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details…. — Jeff Bezos
I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of — Jeff Bezos
When you receive criticism from well-meaning people, it pays to ask, ‘Are they right?’ And if they are, you need to adap — Jeff Bezos
In the old world, you devoted 30% of your time to building a great service and 70% of your time to shouting about it. In — Jeff Bezos
A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. — Jeff Bezos
The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past -- no matter how good it was. — Jeff Bezos
The Post is famous for its investigative journalism. It pours energy and investment and sweat and dollars into uncoverin — Jeff Bezos
The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'wh — Jeff Bezos
I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate. — Jeff Bezos
There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or deter — Jeff Bezos
If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail. — Jeff Bezos