Not only was [Edwin Land] one of the great inventors of our time but, more important, he saw the intersection of art and science and business and built an organization to reflect that.

If you don't have a passion, you'll give up.

Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.

My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.

Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.

A lot of time, people don't do great things becoz' great things really aren't expected of them.

[My teacher] basically bribed me back into learning with candy and money and what was really remarkable was before very long I had such a respect for her that it sort of re-ignited my desire to learn.