Amar Bose

We learned the value of research in World War II.

— Amar Bose

I really wanted to do research. That has never changed.

— Amar Bose

Research in this country is going down.

— Amar Bose

I never went into business to make money.

— Amar Bose

I had studied violin from age 7 to 14.

— Amar Bose

I'm forming a charitable institution for education.

— Amar Bose

If you think something is impossible, don't disturb the person who is doing it!

— Amar Bose

The excitement level for me working on projects is really not a bit different from when I was 26.

— Amar Bose

The prejudice was so bad in the United States at that time that a dark person with a white person would not…

— Amar Bose

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third…

— Amar Bose

We did experiments with the Boston Symphony for many years where we measured the angles of incidence of sound arriving at the…

— Amar Bose

There was a time when I was wondering about this business of going public, so I visited about a half-dozen companies in…

— Amar Bose

I hope that the institution will succeed in maximizing students' potential in the same way. I will give all of my stock…

— Amar Bose

The food we ate was Indian, and both my mother and father were very deep into the ancient philosophy of India, so…

— Amar Bose

At 13, I realized that I could fix anything electronic. It was amazing, I could just do it. I started a business…

— Amar Bose

I would have been fired a hundred times at a company run by M.B.A.’s. But I never went into business to make…

— Amar Bose

There is an enormous inertia that prevents people from change. You must always remember that it is impossible to make something better…

— Amar Bose

Invention is arrived at by intelligent stumbling.

— Amar Bose

But today the quickest way to save your bottom line is to cut off research.

— Amar Bose

All military and most commercial aircraft use our designs that process power from jet engines.

— Amar Bose

One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.

— Amar Bose

I loved music, and in my ninth year at MIT, I decided to buy a hi-fi set. I figured that all I…

— Amar Bose