Opportunity just exists in the air for a few minutes. If you don't obey your gut feeling right away, you've lost your chance.
— Ken Hakuta
I like things that don't go together.
Good ideas are a dime a dozen. It's what you do with them that counts.
To me, all these things tell a story, and I find clothespin parts as interesting as 'collectors' furniture.' Good pieces of Shaker furniture are interesting, but only so much. It is the other things and the personal effects that let me feel the Shakers.
I've become obsessed with preserving Shaker furniture. I feel as though every influence in my life, everything I've learned and know, all the money I've made, has come together to take care of it.
I was the first person to export Teflon-coated ironing board covers to Japan.
In Japan, the more expensive a restaurant is, the larger the plates and the smaller the portions. The cheaper a restaurant is, the smaller the plates and the larger the portions.
My life is a life of hobbies and enthusiasm.
There are conventions for people with serious, boring inventions, but fad inventors need help. You need someone to talk to. You just can't tell your friends you're going to invent a pet rock and mortgage your house to pay for it. It's embarrassing... risky mentally. Your friends think you're crazy.
It was very enticing to become a yuppie, but I didn't want to do that.
People came to my house in limos looking for WallWalkers, and they made emergency calls, breaking into our phone conversations trying to order them.
Most people think the Shakers are in Pennsylvania. They tend to confuse them with the Amish.
