James Dyson Quotes

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James Dyson

Profession : Designer

Birth : May 2, 1947

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

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I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision.

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I myself scraped seven poor passes at O-level.

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Children want the challenge of difficult tasks - just look how much better they are than their parents on a computer.

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The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with the best talent is essential.

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China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.

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Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

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When I started off, I was working in a shed behind my house. All I had was a drill, an electric drill. That was the only machine I had.

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Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

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I own every share of my company, and I don't want to sell any of it.

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I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

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China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

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Don't listen to experts.

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