有两样东西不一定要有意义，一个是音乐，另一个是笑。

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

De la musique avant toute chose.

你必须能够自嘲，不要把自己看得太认真。

积累千万财富，不如掌握一门小技艺。

1998年：贝索斯致股东信《保持对客户的恐惧》

The quest for a unified theory of physics is one of the greatest intellectual adventures of our time.

我们不仅仅是肉做的机器人。