Short Quotes - Author Jeff Bezos Showing 1 - 10 of 10 Add Quote We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business. Jeff Bezos Business Upvote0 But there's so much kludge, so much terrible stuff, we are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet. That's where we are. We don't get our hair caught in it, but that's the level of primitiveness of where we are. We're in 1908. Jeff Bezos Hair Upvote0 If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful. Jeff Bezos Experience Upvote0 There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward. Jeff Bezos Work Upvote0 What we want to be is something completely new. There is no physical analog for what Amazon.com is becoming. Jeff Bezos Want Upvote0 We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It's our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better. Jeff Bezos Experience Upvote0 What's dangerous is not to evolve. Jeff Bezos Upvote0 Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online. Jeff Bezos Want Upvote0 A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well. Jeff Bezos Company Upvote0 There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second. Jeff Bezos Work Upvote0