I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Having a good idea is one thing, but persuading other people to buy it is quite another. Good inventors are polymaths: they… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
I don't do something necessarily to make a big profit or because it's a logical business decision. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
So I think the winners in recession are the people who produce new technology that does things better, which people really want. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
As an engineer I'm constantly spotting problems and plotting how to solve them. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up.… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
It is an extreme perversion of capitalism if you can trade in something before you have even paid for it. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Engineering is treated with disdain, on the whole. It's considered to be rather boring and irrelevant, yet neither of those is true. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
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… — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth. — James Dyson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
