68 Quotes by Tony Fadell

Your television has changed, your phone has changed. Why don't these other things you need, that the government tells you you must have in your home, change?

People buy products, and they want to understand what those things are and how they are applicable to their life.

Thermostats are made by very large companies with no incentive to innovate. Their customers are contractors or HVAC wholesalers, not consumers. So why spend to make them better? It's a good business.

Computers are great tools, but they need to be applied to the physical world.

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

I started designing the greenest the most connected home before the iPhone and the iPad.

In Tahoe, you want to be able check on the temperature of the house or turn it on before you get there. Because it's really cold in the winter.

Studies have shown that children are less likely to wake up to a horn than the sound of a mother's voice.

There are two different types of prototyping. First, the gut sense. You know how far you can take it. Second, you need experts to figure out whether or not it is attainable.