2003年：贝索斯致股东信《寄希望于通过为客户提供最大的价值，从而创造更长远的利润》

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to dance in the rain.

The most powerful tool a designer has is the ability to say 'no.'

最好的程序是这样写的：计算机可以快速执行它们，人类可以清楚地理解它们。理想情况下，程序员是一位散文家，他使用传统的美学和文学形式以及数学概念来传达算法的工作原理，并说服读者结果是正确的。

浮动汇率是将国家间相互依存与国内经济政策自主性结合起来的一种手段。

Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution.

History is not the past. It is the method we have evolved of organizing our ignorance of the past.