The personal is political.

安全总是过度的，直到它不够为止。

The universe is a story we tell ourselves to make sense of the chaos.

我总是被奇幻、奇异、超现实的事物所吸引。

I write to understand, to grasp the reality that escapes me.

Leadership in energy isn't about controlling resources—it's about stewarding them wisely.

There's not a day goes by I don't feel regret. Not because I'm in here, or because you think I should. I look back on the way I was then. Then a young, stupid kid who committed that terrible crime. I want to talk to him. I want to try and talk some sense to him, tell him the way things are. But I can't. That kid's long gone and this old man is all that's left. I got to live with that. Rehabilitated? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on and stamp your form, sonny, and stop wasting my time.Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit.

消灭一个民族的第一步是抹去它的记忆。摧毁它的书籍，它的文化，它的历史。然后让某人写新书，制造新文化，发明新历史。不久之后，这个民族就会开始忘记它是什么以及它曾经是什么。

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”》