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.

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

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

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

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

Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.

Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision, and resources.

Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.

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.

My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales from the Crypt' and 'Creepshow,' then moving on to such magazines as 'Mad' and 'Weird Science.'

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

Nobody expects that just because they've made computers better they're going to give them to you free.

Get used to dealing with failure as long as it doesn't hurt people around you, as long as it doesn't hurt you physically, or it doesn't hurt you so much that you can't pick yourself up.

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