The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.


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DEAN KAMEN
Thinking is my hobby. But sometimes you get to where you're stuck and you can't figure it ou...
DEAN KAMEN
We all know about certain problems we wish we didn't have.
DEAN KAMEN
Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and fin...
DEAN KAMEN
I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parent...
DEAN KAMEN
Everybody has to be able to participate in a future that they want to live for. That's what tech...
DEAN KAMEN
If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.
DEAN KAMEN
I don't work on a project unless I believe that it will dramatically improve life for a bunch of...
DEAN KAMEN
An innovation is one of those things that society looks at and says, if we make this part of the way...
DEAN KAMEN
Innovation is so hard and so frustrating; it takes the intersections of people with courage, vision,...
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
More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing...
DEAN KAMEN
I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting tim...
DEAN KAMEN
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistake...
DEAN KAMEN
I'm a human entropy producer.
DEAN KAMEN
Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes m...
DEAN KAMEN
If people ridicule you, look them in the eye and say, 'Yeah, I may have failed, but at least I t...
DEAN KAMEN
You have teenagers thinking they're going to make millions as NBA stars when that's not real...
DEAN KAMEN
Nothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
DEAN KAMEN
Nobody, man or woman, has ever wrecked a good marriage.
JIMMY DEAN
My father spent his entire early career as an illustrator for comic books: EC Comics like 'Tales...
DEAN KAMEN
The Internet has transformed many parts of our daily lives, touching everything from how we find inf...
DEAN ORNISH
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then mayb...
JAMES DEAN
Hollywood's a very weird place. I think there's less of everything except for attitude.
DEAN CAIN
I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine to support himself a...
DEAN KOONTZ
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
DEAN MARTIN
The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a sch...
DEAN SMITH
I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destinati...
JIMMY DEAN
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
JAMES DEAN
The human body has limitations. The human spirit is boundless.
DEAN KARNAZES