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We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.
My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.
If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.
We are pioneers and the history of pioneers is not that good.
Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good.
Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.
I think that, ah, I'm a very goofy sort of person in many ways.
You're not going to make Hemingway better by adding animations.
Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.
Failure comes part and parcel with invention. It’s not optional.
Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
We are at the 1908 Hurley washing machine stage with the Internet.
You cannot make a business case that you should be who you are not
Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room
Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
If you can't tolerate critics, don't do anything new or interesting.
If you're truly obsessed over customers, it'll cover a lot of errors.
I'm skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.
Lowering prices is easy. Being able to afford to lower prices is hard.
I very much believe the Internet is indeed all it is cracked up to be.
Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process.
The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever.
I don't want to use my creative energy on somebody else's user interface.
You don't want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.
The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world.
If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.
Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.
If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.
A company shouldn't get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn't last.
Cultures aren’t so much planned as they evolve from that early set of people.
For many people, extended reading sessions on an LCD display cause eyestrain.
People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often
My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.
I’m a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they’re simpler for customers.
I'm a big fan of all-you-can-eat plans, because they're simpler for customers.
I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.
Our motto at Blue Origin is 'Gradatim Ferociter': 'Step by Step, Ferociously.'
The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
People will visit Mars, they will settle mars, and we should because it's cool.
I told all of our original investors that they would lose their money for sure.
Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.
E-mail has some magical ability to turn off the politeness gene in a human being.
If you're going to invest in an Internet stock, you must be a long-term investor.
I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you're going to innovate.
People who were right a lot of the time were people who often changed their minds.
Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency.
I wouldn't be surprised if history records Tim Berners-Lee as the second Gutenberg.
If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions.
Part of company culture is path-dependent. It’s the lessons you learn along the way.