I think an education is not only important, it is the most important thing you can do with your life.
Dean KamenNothing that has value, real value, has no cost. Not freedom, not food, not shelter, not healthcare.
Dean KamenMost of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.
Dean KamenWe cant live any more in a world which is based on stuff and not ideas. If you want to live with the world of stuff, were all doomed.
Dean KamenI think our society is no longer properly valuing the intangible potential of innovation, even if we have to be a little uncomfortable with the risks associated with it, and a little bit willing to fail, pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off and try again. We donโt seem to want to do that as much as we used too.
Dean Kamen