The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

2002年：贝索斯致股东信《同时提供领先世界的用户体验，和价格最低的产品》

领导力不是负责，而是关心你负责的人。

元素可以分为具有相似性质的组。

In every society, there are voices that are silenced; literature gives them a chance to speak.

We've done price elasticity studies, and the answer is always that we should raise prices. We don't do that, because we believe -- and we have to take this as an article of faith -- that by keeping our prices very, very low, we earn trust with customers over time, and that that actually does maximize free cash flow over the long term.