James Dyson Quotes

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James Dyson

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 2, 1947

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

James Dyson

In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

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Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward.

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Well, I'm rather attracted to rather prosaic things like vacuum cleaners and hand dryers. Where people haven't apparently made them with a great love for what they're doing.

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Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

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Cordless vacuums are designed for quick jobs, but you need enough power to do the job; you don't want the power waning over time.

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So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want.

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As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

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Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

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I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.

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Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.

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The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

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I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.

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I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

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The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property.

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I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

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I was frustrated as a child when I had to use a vacuum. It had a screaming noise and the smell of stale dog and a lack of performance.

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If you invent something, you're doing a creative act. It's like writing a novel or composing music. You put your heart and soul into it, and money. It's years of your life, it's your house remortgaged, huge emotional investment and financial investment.

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The Web is fascinating and transformative, but it's an easy, flashy, get-rich-quick option to the hard graft of proper industry.

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My interest in film is sort of catholic - apart from science fiction and horror movies, I'll watch almost everything.

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