Jeff Bezos

E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.

Jeff Bezos

Ebooks had to happen.

Jeff Bezos

Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process.

Jeff Bezos

For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

Jeff Bezos

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

Jeff Bezos

Good ideas will always get funded, so that’s not going to be a problem. But you will see that it will be harder and harder for bad ideas to get funded.

Jeff Bezos

I don’t think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you’re willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn’t work. If you’re going to invent, it means you’re going to experiment, and if you’re going to experiment, you’re going to fail, and if you’re going to fail, you have to think long term.

Jeff Bezos

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

Jeff Bezos

I like to be counted on.

Jeff Bezos

I love my life. I love being an inventor.

Jeff Bezos