Dean Kamen Quotes

At certain times in your life, some things are heavier than others.

The truth hurts. It hurts to some people.

Music is the soundtrack to the crappy movie that is my life.

I get painted quite a bit as a tragic figure because of some of the stuff that's happened in my life.

The trouble that they see me in is a part of my life that I'm working on.

Everybody's got a 'thing.' Some 'things' are nice and quiet. Some 'things' have fangs and claws. Some 'things' stink and have slobber everywhere.

Well, I believe that life is very complicated. And in a way, the only way you can show life in a truthful way is to show how complicated it is as an individual, but also your relation between a complicated life and the complications you have inside you.

I'm a human being and every human being has problems.

I've dealt with many challenges in my life, with my family.

I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.

I've gone through a lot of stuff in my life so far. There are stories I haven't really been able to tell.

Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?

There's been moments of depression in my life, moments when I was in situations that I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of.

I love men, not for what unites them, but for what divides them, and I want to know most of all what gnaws at their hearts.

In life, you're going to have a lot of problems. Everybody's got problems. Some is worse than others. Some is sickness. Some, like me, you've got problems that you don't like that come up. But you've got to handle them.

Everybody has a tragedy or two in their lives.

I don't know if I've had my share of drama, but I've definitely had my share of hard times.

There is a lot of pretty horrific stuff that happens, and I don't usually get those kinds of characters who get to go to those places.

I've had several unavoidable problems because of my athletic career.

We all go through difficult spells.

Let me tell you, everyone has different experiences. I had a lot of things going on, and I am dealing with it in my own way.

If it was up to us every single day, then we would all have a perfect life, but stuff happens, but it's an imperfect world.

I had some personal issues to sort out so I couldn't work for a while.

Most of the bad things that have happened to me happened in Denver.

I've been through a lot of different things, experienced a lot of different things.