Dean Kamen Quotes

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

~ Dean Kamen

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.

~ Dean Kamen

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

~ Dean Kamen

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.

~ Dean Kamen

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.'

~ 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

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

~ Dean Kamen

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

~ Dean Kamen

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

~ 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

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

~ Dean Kamen

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

~ Dean Kamen

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

~ 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