“While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op stud...” — Irwin M. Jacobs Quote

“While I was at Cornell in engineering, I was an engineering co-op student, and that turned out to be very valuable because we'd go out every other term to work in industry and have that close association with industry.”

“We try to preach innovation. We provide resources; we invite speakers in from universities to talk about new ideas.”

“At Linkabit, we put little effort and energy into patenting things.”

“In 1989, I started the National Association of Business Women. We incorporated microfinance and different job training for women. We did a survey, with USAID, that found women lacked training, credit and information.”

“I swear to God, I don't remember anything Gwyneth Paltrow was in. Some people get hot by association. I heard more about her and Brad Pitt and I ever heard about her work.”

“I have a new show now called 'The Bridge,' where I play a guy who's a real-life guy. My character's based on the life of a guy named Craig Bromell who was a cop for 12 years and then became head of the police association, so basically the president of the union for 85,000 cops.”