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James Dyson
James Dyson
British Designer
Born: May 2, 1947
Better Design People Science Think You
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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 Engineering Final More Perfecting Putting Ideas Well Principles Parts Coming Testing Up Than Just Manufacturing Assembly
There's nothing wrong with things taking time. James Dyson
Time Nothing Wrong Taking Taking Time Things
As a modern employer you have to treat people well. James Dyson
You People Treat Employer Well Modern
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success. James Dyson
Success Failure You Enjoy Never Learn
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. James Dyson
Life Music You Soul Creative Heart Writing Money Financial Invent Composing Something Emotional Investment Put Like House Doing Years Heart And Soul Huge Act Your Creative Act Novel
Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy. James Dyson
Goodness Energy Nothing About Know Nuclear Nuclear Energy
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. James Dyson
Machine Only Drill Had House Shed Off Behind Working Electric Started
Life is a mountain of solvable problems, and I enjoy that. James Dyson
Life Problems Life Is A Enjoy Mountain
You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised. James Dyson
You See Stubborn Idea Order Realised Belief Need
The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy. James Dyson
Approach One-Size-Fits-All Lazy Testing Fits Convenient Size Standardized
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 Matter Busy Too Everyone Out Carry Ability Ideas Doing Up Getting Lack May Want Them Technical Technical Ability
As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them. James Dyson
Problems Engineer Plotting Solve Constantly How Them
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
You Wrong Thing Think Approach Tried Something No-One Wrong Almost Because Often Just Different Different Approach Works Thing Start
The British judiciary needs to support intellectual property. James Dyson
Needs Property Judiciary Support Intellectual Intellectual Property British
Insurance companies don't make anything. James Dyson
Make Insurance Insurance Companies Anything Companies
Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing. James Dyson
Car Extremely Aircraft Exciting Racing Racing Cars Thing Designing
An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches. James Dyson
Path Inventor Head Groans Riddled
At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time. James Dyson
Time School Other Melody Hymns Boy Prayers Orchestra Sang Enjoyed Played Playing
Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us. James Dyson
Today Nature Computers Almost Most Us Second Second Nature
Nobody wants the expenditure of a lease on a factory which lasts 21 years. You can't plan 21 years ahead. James Dyson
You Lasts Factory Nobody Lease Years Expenditure Wants Which Plan
The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free. James Dyson
You Free Pencil Totally Something Computer How Dictates Whereas
In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked. James Dyson
Success Age Facebook Digital Digital Age Easily Overlooked Overnight Overnight Success Stories Success Stories Hard
China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K. James Dyson
Will Partner Invaluable Both Trading Trading Partner China
People buy products if they're better. James Dyson
Buy People Better Products
I like living on the edge. James Dyson
Edge Living Like
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. James Dyson
Time You Job Power Enough Jobs Over Quick Want Designed Need
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