3 Must-See Quotes From Amazon's Earnings Call

Despite posting impressive first-quarter results late last week, shares of e-commerce and cloud-computing giant Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) have declined about 5% since the report. The growth stock's pullback may be a good buying opportunity to get in on a company firing on all cylinders.

Amazon's first-quarter sales soared 44% year over year to $108.5 billion. The strong quarter helped trailing-12-month free cash flow swell to $26.4 billion. Further, net income for Q1 alone was $8.1 billion, up from $2.5 billion in the year-ago quarter.

But these key metrics arguably miss many of the important trends beneath the surface at this great company -- trends that help tell Amazon's long-term growth story. To fully appreciate some of these narratives, here's a look at three important excerpts from Amazon's first-quarter earnings call.

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