I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves. — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I became an inventor by accident. I was out of the Air Force in 1956. No, no, that's not true: I went in in 1956, came out in 1959, was working at the University of Washington, and I came up with an idea, from reading a magazine article, for a new kind of a phonograph tone arm. — Woody Norris Copy Share
I'm the laziest inventor you ever met. My inventing is in my head - I don't have to be in the lab working and… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
When you listen to stereo on your home system, your both ears hear both speakers. Turn on the left speaker sometime and notice you're… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I spent much of my life dying for somebody to help me even file for a patent or make a prototype. I understand that. — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I'm not even an engineer. I don't have a college degree; I hire guys with college degrees. — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I invent by analogy. I thought, 'It's commonplace that you can mix colors, smear them together to get new emerging colors. Likewise, you can… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
It's embarrassing that we're in the 21st century and we don't even know what makes gravity work. I'm getting older and thinking maybe I… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I had a terrible fear of not being normal - of not seeming normal. So I went to the library and read every psychology… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
There's a smugness that goes with being a huge company. The big fish say, 'If it's so great, why didn't we invent it?' But… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody… — Woody Norris Copy Share Image
