“Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions.”

I think if people read more, that is a better world.

Do something you’re very passionate about, and don’t try to chase what is kind of the “hot passion” of the day.

Your brand is what other people say about you when you’re not in the room.

If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.

Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.

We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.

We got to talk about how lucky we are to have such amazing parents. They’ve always been and still are role models and mentors for us.

You don’t want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.

We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.

Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.

The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.

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

What’s dangerous is not to evolve.

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

The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology.

Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.

Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster; they tell you nothing about the future.

Mediocrity is the worst enemy of prosperity.

We need people who can dream of things that never were.

I would love to, if someone would lend me the money.

You want to have a future where you’re expecting things to be better, not one where you’re expecting things to be worse.

Discipline has within it the potential for creating future miracles.

We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.