我不习惯吹嘘或谈论我所做的事情。我更喜欢人们只是看我比赛，然后做出自己的判断。

Adventure should be 80 percent planning and 20 percent sheer guts.

Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.

2005年：贝索斯致股东信《尽管是数字在发挥作用，但决策因素还是“判断”》

The more you learn, the more you know. The more you know, the more you forget. The more you forget, the less you know. So why bother to learn?

艺术让我得以生存。

文学的价值在于它能够让我们体验他人的生活，从而更好地理解自己。