James Dyson Quotes - Page 4

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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 something that's unusual and better.

  James Dyson

  Past, Selling Things, Trying

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• 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.

  James Dyson

  Dog, Children, Smell

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

  James Dyson

  Thinking, Information, Publishing

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

  James Dyson

  Partners, China, Trading

  "Sir James Dyson: China Stalls IP Reform at Its Own Peril" by James Dyson, www.wired.com. January 5, 2012.

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• 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

  Prayer, School, Boys

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• Reality TV is anything but.

  James Dyson

  Reality, Tvs, Reality Tv

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

  James Dyson

  Electric Motors, Quantum, Leap

  "How James Dyson Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary". Interview with Shoshana Berger, www.wired.com. November 19, 2012.

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

  James Dyson

  Years, Want, Lasts

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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.

  James Dyson

  Sexy, Thinking, Media

  "James Dyson: Reinventing Britain". Interview with Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2011.

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

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  Thinking, Government, People

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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 four that came into England. I never opened the instruction manual. That was the best thing about it.

  James Dyson

  Thinking, England, Four

  "Expressing Technology: A Roundtable With Sir James Dyson". Interview with Tim Carmody, www.wired.com. September 19, 2011.

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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 my 20s and onwards we've had to use fans. And I've always loathed them. Everything about them. The way you adjust them, getting them at the angle you want. Carrying them. Cleaning them. The danger of putting your finger in them.

  James Dyson

  Fans, Use, Want

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• 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

  Jobs, Vacuums, Needs

  "How James Dyson Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary". Interview with Shoshana Berger, www.wired.com. November 19, 2012.

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• I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.

  James Dyson

  Math, Technology, Engineering

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