110 Quotes by Dean Kamen

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

To me, innovations are the wheel, fire, language, movable type. There are not 3 million innovations; there are 3 million inventions

More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.

You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.