Top 93 Quotes by James Dyson

About James Dyson

These are some quotes by British author James Dyson Designer, who was born on May 2, 1947.

I grew up running miles of the Norfolk coastline. I'd think nothing of a six-mile run before breakfast. I still run, though not as far and not before muesli.

I grew up running miles of the Norfolk coastline. I'd think nothing of a six-mile run before breakfast. I still run, though not as far and not before muesli.

James Dyson

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.

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.

James Dyson

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

James Dyson

Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.

Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead.

James Dyson

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

What I often do is just think of a completely obtuse thing to do, almost the wrong thing to do. That often works because you start a different approach, something no one has tried.

James Dyson

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

Arbitrary benchmarks cheat kids out of a fulfilling education.

James Dyson

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.

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.

James Dyson

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.

James Dyson

Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.

Engineers are behind the cars we drive, the pills we pop and the way we power our homes.

James Dyson

Emerging markets are hugely important.

Emerging markets are hugely important.

James Dyson

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