I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that Web usage was growing at 2，300 percent per year. I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast， and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles -- something that simply couldn't exist in the physical world -- was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old， and I'd been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go do this crazy thing that probably wouldn't work since most startups don't， and I wasn't sure what would happen after that. MacKenzie (also a Princeton grad and sitting here in the second row) told me I should go for it. As a young boy， I'd been a garage inventor. I'd invented an automatic gate closer out of cement-filled tires， a solar cooker that didn't work very well out of an umbrella and tinfoil， baking-pan alarms to entrap my siblings. I'd always wanted to be an inventor， and she wanted me to follow my passion.

勤勉：不要浪费时间，只做有用的事情，戒除一切不必要的行为。

地球的历史书写在其板块的运动中。

夜晚是个骗子，但黎明说出真相。

The best stock to buy is the one you already own.

All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. The best ideas come from the floor.

煤矿工人是美国工业实力的无名英雄。