译文：用人如同使用器具，应取其专长。主张根据才能特点任用，反对求全责备。

科学不在于正确，而在于减少错误。

你能经历的最大冒险就是过你梦想的生活。

All human knowledge is from experience.

我们之所以能够区分远处看到的模糊形状和颜色，是因为我们的眼睛的能力。

To write is to bear witness to the world's beauty and cruelty.

Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.  

预测未来的最好方法就是去创造它。

Fisheries should not only pursue economic benefits but also focus on ecological and social benefits.

2009年：贝索斯致股东信《执着于用户体验》

I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.