Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.
JEFF BEZOZWill you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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One of the things that gets me up in the morning is knowing that customer expectations are always rising, and I find that very exciting.
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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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The pain and emotional trauma caused by the racism and violence we are witnessing toward the black community has a long reach.
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Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.
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Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.
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A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.
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Do something you’re very passionate about, and don’t try to chase what is kind of the “hot passion” of the day.
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You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, ‘let’s be simple minded. We know this is a feature that’s good for customers. Let’s do it.
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I don’t buy stocks, I make stocks.
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You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world.
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If you decide that you’re going to do only the things you know are going to work, you’re going to leave a lot of opportunity on the table.
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My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.
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Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
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If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn’t otherwise accomplish.
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We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.
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