110 Quotes by Dean Kamen

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.

I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate

If you're going to fail, you might as well fail at the big ones.

We can't live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, we're all doomed.

I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again.

We have a promising project, but nothing of the Earth-shattering nature that people are conjuring up.