It's probably as unlikely that you would nowadays become as rich and famous as Bill Gates, as it was unlikely in the17th century that you would accede to the ranks of the French aristocracy. But the point is, it doesn't feel that way. It's made to feel, by magazines and other media outlets, that if you've got energy, a few bright ideas about technology, a garage -- you, too, could start a major thing.

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page."

2010年：贝索斯致股东信《研发应该遍及每个部门》

做伟大工作的唯一方法就是热爱你所做的事情。

我不让成功改变我，我让它提升我。

We have to be willing to change and adapt to the new reality.