The best Quotes by Lonnie Johnson

Persevere! That's what I always say to people. There's no easy route.

I have never really understood why in this country so many people look down on black people.

Sitting still, a person produces about 100 watts of heat. What if you could use that to charge your cell phone?

I think America's strength is in innovation.

I love playing around with ideas and turning them into something useful or fun.

I've always liked to tinker with things.

I have a collection of SuperSoakers. I have managed to keep most of them.

Heard your new joint, it's embarrassing, sh-t
You talk to the cops on some therapist sh-t
You act like you love this American sh-t
But, really, the truth is you scared of the Six

Canada is a country of ingredients without a cuisine; we're a country with musicians without an indigenous instrument; Toronto's a city that doesn't even have a dish named after it.

It's our "white" responsibility to make sure people who speak out about racism are safe at all times. This means ending structural racism in our societies, authorities and media.

Nations were the most foolish of mortal inventions. No man is worth more than another, wherever he is from.

Nationalists are saying, "you're disrespecting our flag." Well, you know what else is disrespectful to our flag? Racism.

God judges men by their hearts, not by the color of their skins.

If it weren't for electricity, we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

Without passion you don't have energy, with out energy you have nothing.

During 2021 Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total, which is comparable to the electrical energy consumed by a country like Argentina.

Obviously Tesla is about helping solve the consumption of energy in a sustainable manner, but you need the production of energy in a sustainable manner.

My hope is that we continue to do an even better job in terms of our nation's energy policy, so that we may even further reduce our reliance on foreign sources of oil and take better care of our environment in the process.

Innovation is about seeing things from a different perspective.

I believe that augmented reality will be the biggest technological revolution that happens in our lifetimes.

Nothing is invented and perfected at the same time.

There is no innovation and creativity without failure. Period.

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.

This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now.

Sometimes all a girl really needed was a very bad idea.

Great execution is at least 10 times more important and a 100 times harder than a good idea.

Ideas are cheap and easy, and there are a lot of them.

Writing changed the world. Suddenly ideas didn't have to disappear just because the person whose head they were trapped in had died.

One candidate is too old and mentally unfit to be president. The other one is me.

What do you call an Asian Dwayne Johnson?
The Wok.