--- title: "1 Short Waste Quotes By Dean Kamen" description: "1 Short Waste quotes by Dean Kamen. Plus more from Dean Kamen and more Short Waste sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/dean-kamen-11904_bigs_life-is-so-short-why-waste-a-single-day_823865.png" --- > [Life is so short. Why waste a single day of it doing something that doesn't matter, that doesn't try to do something big?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/life-is-so-short-why-waste-a-single-day-of-it-doing-something-that/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca2/dean-kamen-11904_bigs_life-is-so-short-why-waste-a-single-day_823865.png) ## More by Dean Kamen > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/i-started-realizing-that-i-wasn-t-so-dumb-rather-most-people-simply/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [Inspiration comes from the heart. The letter ‘I’ is the heart of F”I”RST… (F Inspiration R S T).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/inspiration-comes-from-the-heart-the-letter-i-is-the-heart-of-f-i-rst/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [“In a world of material goods and material exchange trade. I have got a hunk of gold and you have a watch. If we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/in-a-world-of-material-goods-and-material-exchange-trade-i-have-got-a/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [I consider high-speed data transmission an invention that became a major innovation. It changed the way we all communicate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/i-consider-high-speed-data-transmission-an-invention-that-became-a/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/in-some-cases-inventions-prohibit-innovation-because-we-re-so-caught/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/the-city-needs-a-car-like-a-fish-needs-a-bicycle/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [I'm a human entropy producer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/i-m-a-human-entropy-producer/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [Americans thinking that America will continue to lead the world in innovation and quality of life without some quick and serious educational improvements are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/americans-thinking-that-america-will-continue-to-lead-the-world-in/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [ \[Chuck's wife\] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice:… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/chuck-s-wife-was-standing-behind-me-at-the-time-and-she-said-chuck/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/we-can-t-live-any-more-in-a-world-which-is-based-on-stuff-and-not/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/the-word-entrepreneur-is-associated-with-success-and-adventure-from/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/clearly-there-are-many-places-where-diesel-is-king-or-gas-turbine-is/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [Innovation needs to be nurtured throughout an organization. Management is doing things right, whereas leadership is doing the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/innovation-needs-to-be-nurtured-throughout-an-organization-management/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what technology can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/everybody-has-to-be-able-to-participate-in-a-future-that-they-want-to/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) > [If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-kamen/if-history-is-any-indication-all-truths-will-eventually-turn-out-to/) [Dean Kamen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-kamen/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-waste/dean-kamen/#itemlist", "name": "1 Short Waste Quotes By Dean Kamen", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is so short. 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