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James Dyson

(1947) Inventor

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James Dyson is an inventor, best known for Mammoth book of great inventions.

Quick Facts About James Dyson

Born: May 2, 1947
Profession: Inventor
Notable works: Mammoth book of great inventions

About James Dyson

Sir James Dyson is an English inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2025, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.3 billion.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Dyson · Page 3

If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks,…

Billions

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I'm not a businessman.

Businessman

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

Human

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I own every share of my company, and I don't want to sell any of it.

Any

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

Enjoy

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The U.S. is the biggest investor in research and development in the world. It has the best universities. Keeping them supplied with…

Best

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Hire inexperience. This year we plan to hire 200 engineers - half of whom are recent grads. Young people are not burdened…

Engineering

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Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back…

Engineering

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

Catholic

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

Computer

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As a modern employer you have to treat people well.

Employer

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Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being…

Being successful

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Goodness, I know nothing about nuclear energy.

About

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In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having…

Better

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Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward.

Efficient

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I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

Black

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When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for…

Design

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China can and will be an invaluable trading partner to both the U.S. and the U.K.

Both

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[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

Broke

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There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it…

Ends

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I've obviously used fans - I wouldn't say all my life, because we couldn't afford them when I was young, but from…

Angle

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Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want…

Ability

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

Approach

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Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

Aircraft

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I imported the first Mac into England in 1984; you know, the beige box. I imported what I think were the first…

Best

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