Let the public throw bouquets to the inventors and in time we will all be happy.

My main purpose in life is to make enough money to create ever more inventions…. The dove is my emblem…. I want to save and advance human life, not destroy it…. I am proud of the fact that I have never invented weapons to kill….

My principal business is giving commercial value to the brilliant - but misdirected - ideas of others.

Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something.

Most of the exercise I get is from standing and walking around laboratory tables all day. I derive more benefit and entertainment from this than some of my friends and competitors get from playing games like golf.

I would rather have one man with enthusiasm working with me than ten who are complacent.

Because I readily absorb ideas from every source - frequently starting where the last person left off - I never pick up an item without thinking of how I might improve it.