I started realizing that I wasn't so dumb; rather, most people simply didn't know the answers to the questions that I was interested in-or they didn't care

Segway will be to the car what the car was to the horse and buggy.

I think in our lifetime, that level of acceptance of "well, we couldn't do any better," won't be tolerated. We're going to start to see individual therapies customized for individual patients, and it's going to change the way people get healthcare.

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

There is just so much stuff in the world that, to me, is devoid of any real substance, value, and content that I just try to make sure that I am working on things that matter.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

What really makes it an invention is that someone decides not to change the solution to a known problem, but to change the question.