We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the reason we're successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.

We must balance economic growth with environmental responsibility.

I'm not trying to be provocative, I'm just trying to be honest.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

There is only one good, which is knowledge, and one evil, which is ignorance.

I'm not a boy, I'm a girl.