2005年：贝索斯致股东信《尽管是数字在发挥作用，但决策因素还是“判断”》

生命太短暂，不要把时间浪费在无关紧要的事情上。

"The only true voyage of discovery, the only fountain of Eternal Youth, would be not to visit strange lands but to possess other eyes, to behold the universe through the eyes of another, of a hundred others, to behold the hundred universes that each of them beholds."

The voice is an instrument that is very close to the soul.

当今的科学家们思考得很深，而不是很清晰。一个人必须头脑清醒才能清晰地思考，但一个人可以思考得很深却相当疯狂。