Edwin Herbert Land (May 7, 1909-March 1, 1991) was the U.S. inventor and manufacturer of the Polaroid Land Camera, which developed pictures inside the camera through a process of light polarization.
He was an advisor to the U.S. guided missile system during World War II; introduced the first black and white instant Polaroid Camera, 1947; and introduced the first color instant Polaroid camera, 1963.
In 1977, when presented with a statement that the only thing that mattered was the bottom line on a balance sheet, Edwin Herbert Land replied:
<The bottom line is in heaven.> 1909EL001
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1909EL001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Edwin Herbert Land, 1977, in a reply when shown a balance sheet of a product. John Bartlett, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855, 1980), p. 876.