Dean Kamen Quotes

People don't want to just make stuff. They want to make stuff with purpose.

I've never worked for the sake of working. There's probably enough crap out there for me not to add to it.

Be not simply good - be good for something.

If you're changing the world, you're working on important things. You're excited to get up in the morning.

It's not about the money; it's about the content.

I can rippity rap, lyrical miracle all day, but if you don't have a message behind it and you not saying nothing, it doesn't make sense.

The biggest motivation is not the money but the impact.

I won't do something just for the sake of working.

If you're just saying, hey, I'm doing this. I'm working to make money. I'm working to increase my status. If that's all there is, I think you will find out that it's meaningless.

I feel it's important to make a mark somewhere.

You got to like your work. You have got to like what you are doing, you have got to be doing something worthwhile so you can like it - because it is worthwhile, that it makes a difference, don't you see?

If you make money, you might not make meaning.

Find a place where you add value to a community.

You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.

The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it.

It's the story that counts.

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.

It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.

Let everything you do be done as if it makes a difference.

I'd rather be useful than rich. It's more essential to feel you're doing something that's worth doing, rather than making a lot of money.

People want things with meaning. I know that because I want that.

Wealth, beauty, and fame are transient. When those are gone, little is left except the need to be useful.

What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.