Dean Kamen – 11 Quotes

11 Quotes by Dean Kamen

Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.

– Dean Kamen

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

– Dean Kamen

I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.

– Dean Kamen

My biggest failure is I have too many to talk about.

– Dean Kamen

Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That’s what technology can do.

– Dean Kamen

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

– Dean Kamen

I’d rather lose my own money than someone else’s.

– Dean Kamen

An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way we live and work, it will change the way we live and work.

– 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 supposed to be important.

– Dean Kamen

New ideas in technology are literally a dime-a-dozen, or cheaper than that.

– Dean Kamen

You have teenagers thinking they’re going to make millions as NBA stars when that’s not realistic for even 1 percent of them. Becoming a scientist or engineer is.

– Dean Kamen