James Dyson Quotes

British - Designer Born: May 2, 1947

Manufacturing is more than just putting parts together. It's coming up with ideas, testing principles and perfecting the engineering, as well as final assembly. James Dyson

Together, Ideas, Engineering, Principles

Failure is an enigma. You worry about it, and it teaches you something. James Dyson

Failure, Worry, You, Something, Enigma

When you can't compete on cost, compete on quality. James Dyson

Quality, You, Cost, Compete

The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy. James Dyson

Lazy, Standardized, Testing, Size, Fits

If you want to do something different, you're going to come up against a lot of naysayers. James Dyson

You, Want, Against, Different, Up, Come

Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing. James Dyson

Racing, Exciting, Aircraft, Thing

As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them. James Dyson

Problems, Engineer, How, Them, Plotting

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. James Dyson

Technology, Science, Ideas, Design, Turn

People buy products if they're better. James Dyson

People, Better, Products, Buy

We should learn to live more with our climate and rely less on electricity to alter our climate. James Dyson

Live, Electricity, Learn, More, Climate

Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. James Dyson

Life, Mountain, Life Is A, Enjoy

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success. James Dyson

Success, Failure, You, Enjoy, Learn

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

Confidence, Ideas, Busy, Doing, Matter

There's nothing wrong with things taking time. James Dyson

Time, Wrong, Nothing, Taking Time

Companies are not ingenious, it's the people in them that are. James Dyson

People, Them, Companies, Ingenious

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us. James Dyson

Nature, Today, Computers, Almost, Second

Fear is always a good motivator. James Dyson

Good, Fear, Always, Motivator

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised. James Dyson

You, Stubborn, Need, Belief, See, Order

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

Science, Movies, Watch, Science Fiction

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

Technology, People, Better, Think, New

If robots are to clean our homes, they'll have to do it better than a person. James Dyson

Better, Robots, Person, Clean, Than, Our

We should have A-levels in vocational subjects. James Dyson

Vocational, Should, Subjects

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

Success, Age, Digital, Hard, Facebook

As a modern employer you have to treat people well. James Dyson

People, Treat, You, Employer, Modern

Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving. James Dyson

Business, Evolving, Changing, Constantly

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

Challenge, Children, Parents, Better

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