Woody Norris Quotes

Woody Norris — American Inventor

Elwood G. "Woody" Norris is an American inventor and serial entrepreneur. He is founder of multiple public corporations he established to promote, fund and commercialize his inventions. Norris has held officer and director positions in all of the public companies he founded but eventually resigned from most. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Parametric Sound Corporation, a spin-off from LRAD Corporation... (wikipedia)

I invent by analogy. I thought, 'It's commonplace that you can mix colors, smear them together to get new emerging colors. Likewise, you can mix radio waves to get new frequencies.' So, I wondered, 'Why can't you mix sound to get new sounds?'

I'm not even an engineer. I don't have a college degree; I hire guys with college degrees.

It's embarrassing that we're in the 21st century and we don't even know what makes gravity work. I'm getting older and thinking maybe I should tackle more than the mundane. I may fail, but at least I will have tried.

I wasn't much into girlfriends. I was too busy tinkering in the garage.

I've been really lucky as an inventor. I'm the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. And my dad died before he realized anybody in the family would maybe, hopefully, make something out of themselves.

Woody Norris Quotes

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