2006年：贝索斯致股东信《选择新业务时，亚马逊的经验》

We must invest in people as much as we invest in technology; both are essential to progress.

Leadership is a two-way street, loyalty up and loyalty down. Respect for one's superiors; care for one's crew.

The purpose of art is to make the soul visible.

行业、科学家和政策制定者之间的合作是解决海洋保护挑战的关键。

人的行动是他们思想的最好诠释者。

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

大海不拒绝各种各样的水，所以才能成就它的博大；大山不拒绝形形色色的土石，所以才能成就它的高峻；贤明的君主不嫌弃百姓，所以能够聚集众多的臣民；读书人不厌倦学习，所以能达到圣贤的境界。

The world is not run from where he thinks. Not from castle walls, but from countinghouses, not by the call of the bugle but by the click of the abacus, not by the grate and click of the broadsword but by the scrape of the pen.

The past is never dead. It's not even past.