If you want to make something dirt cheap, make it out of dirt–preferably dirt that is locally sourced.

- Donald Sadoway

In a battery, I strive to maximize electrical potential. When mentoring, I strive to maximize human potential.

- Donald Sadoway

In a wristwatch, imagine the battery is in the strap and there's a medical sensor in there connected to the internet. If someone is monitoring that, …

- Donald Sadoway

With a giant battery, we'd be able to address the problem of intermittency that prevents wind and solar from contributing to the grid in the same way…

- Donald Sadoway

The liquid metal battery story is more than an account of inventing technology. It's a blueprint for inventing inventors.

- Donald Sadoway

How do we attack important problems? Pose the right question.

- Donald Sadoway

People would like better batteries but they are wary of making investments. What is required is both a technology push and a market pull.

- Donald Sadoway

If we're going to get this country out of its current energy situation, we can't just conserve our way out. We can't just drill our way out. We can't…

- Donald Sadoway

The students who work with me believe in science in service of society, not science in service of career building.

- Donald Sadoway