I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy. — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of people. — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
As we move towards 8 or 10 billion people on the planet, there's a little less gold per capita. Each one of… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
I think in our lifetime, that level of acceptance of "well, we couldn't do any better," won't be tolerated. We're going to… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
The future is going to require really smart people. What we think are crises today probably will be no big deal, and… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Invention and entrepreneurship isn't about pure technology. Most people take whatever they see in front of them and relate it to something… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Whatever the marketplace, if talented people are given resources, they're going to keep driving us to having better, simpler, cheaper solutions to… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Technology is how we create wealth, how we cure diseases, how we'll build an environment that's sustainable and also gives people the… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from the heart. The letter ‘I’ is the heart of F”I”RST… (F Inspiration R S T). — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
“In a world of material goods and material exchange trade. I have got a hunk of gold and you have a watch. If we… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
In some cases, inventions prohibit innovation because we're so caught up in playing with the technology, we forget about the fact that it was… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
[Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice:… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
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… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
The word entrepreneur is associated with success and adventure. From my life, the only thing I can tell you that's consistently associated with entrepreneurship… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
Clearly, there are many places where diesel is king or gas-turbine is king, or IC engines will win, but there are many places in… — Dean Kamen Copy Share Image
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