Quotes from James Dyson

I think if you have to pay for your education, you worry very seriously about you're going to do when you've got your degree.

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.

Today, computers are almost second nature to most of us.

Fear is always a good motivator.

The way the world is going, it's technology driven. And it isn't just driven by the old super powers, it's driven by the far east and new emerging economies.

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

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

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.

China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.

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.

People will make leaps of faith and get excited by your product if you just get it in front of them.

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. Success is often just around the corner.

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.

In order to fix it, you need a passionate anger about something that doesn't work well.

Learning by trial and error, or experimentation, can be exciting, the lessons learned deeply engrained. Learning by failure is a remarkably good way of gaining knowledge. Failure is to be welcomed rather than avoided. It is a part of learning. It should not be feared by the engineer or scientist or indeed by anyone else.

Research is about conducting experiments, accepting and even enjoying failures, but going on and on, following a theory garnered from observing the science. Invention is often more about endurance and patient observation than brainwaves.

Invention is often more about endurance and patient observation than brainwaves.

Stamina and determination along with creativity are needed in overcoming seemingly impossible difficulties in research and other challenges in life.

In 1959, the scientist and novelist C. P. Snow gave a famous lecture, 'The Two Cultures', on the ever-growing and unhealthy divide he saw between science and the humanities.

My tale is one of not being brilliant. I wasn't even trained as an engineer or scientist. I did, however, have the bloody-mindedness not to follow convention, to challenge experts and to ignore Doubting Thomases. I am also someone who is prepared to slog through prototype after prototype searching for the breakthrough. If a slow starter like me could succeed, surely this might encourage others.

This, I fundamentally believe, is why scientists and engineers will do more than politicians and activists to solve today's environmental problems. They have more than words. They have solutions.

China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon.

Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.

Engineering undergraduates should not be charged fees. They should receive grants, not student loans, and the government will get the money back long-term from increased exports.