Explore Quotes by James Dyson

I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.

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.

When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

There's nothing wrong with things taking time.

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

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

The media thinks that you have to make science sexy and concentrate on themes such as rivalry and the human issues.

The computer dictates how you do something, whereas with a pencil you're totally free.

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

Reality TV is anything but.

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

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

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

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

I've fought court battles over my inventions before.

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.

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.

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.

Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.