Word of mouth is very powerful.

A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.

The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?

We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming.

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

It's hard to find things that won't sell online.

Everything you are comes from your choices.

A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.

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

I watch people sometimes, wonder how they can walk around with the weight of what they know.

Forgiveness is required to dissolve all the negative energy cords because it releases shame, guilt, anger, hatred, etc.

If all fools wore white hoods, any crowd would look like a field of blooming buckwheat.

This joy that He brings us transcends every human trial, it is a joy that can strengthen even the weakest of hands

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.

Let the Bible fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet.

Guns are part of the American identity.

I would support a devolution of power out of Washington for education, health care, transportation.

Sandy Koufax went to the same school as me. I graduated two years ahead of Sandy.

Journalism has a special, hallowed place for stories of its practitioners' persecution.