The Death Knell For Any Enterprise Is

To Get Something New Done You Have To Be Stubborn And Focused, To The Point That Others Might Find Unreasonable.

I Don't Think That You Can Invent On Behalf Of Customers Unless You're Willing To Think Long-term, Because A Lot Of Invention Doesn't Work. If You're Going To Invent, It Means You're Going To Experiment, And If You're Going To Experiment, You're Going To Fail, And If You're Going To Fail, You Have To Think Long Term.

I Try To Spend My Time On Areas That I Think Are Important For The Future, And Where I Think I Can Add Value.

I Have A Strongly Held Belief That One Of The Reasons That Amazon Has Been Successful Is Because We Do Not Obsess Over Competitors. Instead We Obsess Over Customers.

I Went To Princeton Specifically To Study Physics.