James Dyson Quotes

When you do anything completely different from a beaten path, many tend to pounce on you.

There's always a risk if you don't do things the way you've done things before.

You have to be willing to offend in order to make progress.

There's always opposition when you do something big. I do many things that are controversial. When people see it, they love it!

If your idea is truly innovative, you're going to hear from the naysayers. After all, if it really were such a good idea, someone would have already done it, right?

All my life I've been rowing against the tide. What can I do? It seems I was born that way.

Anytime you're the first to speak out against something, there's going to be a backlash.

You should have certainty in what you do. Anyone who has done anything in this world was hated. If you're not hated, you've done nothing.

If you're not doing something different, you're not doing anything.

I don't want to play safe, because there are a lot of people who are playing it safe, and I don't want to be one of them.

There are always more people to prove wrong.

I always go against the odds.

When I've tried to reinvent the wheel, I get bashed for not doing the familiar things.

I have never in my career embarked on a journey towards controversy. I have never deliberately set a flame.

I like to be against the odds.

I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at.

All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions.

Let me just say this - sometimes being a trailblazer is highly overrated.

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right.

I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.

Wherever I see people doing something the way it's always been done, the way it's 'supposed' to be done, following the same old trends, well, that's just a big red flag to me to go look somewhere else.

You want to stand out and be unique and do something different. I always try to zig when they zag - I guess it's a football term, but it applies to a lot of different areas of life.

Do not be afraid to offer ideas that draw opposition. Remember, if no one is against your idea, then your idea probably doesn't do anything.

If you are not willing to risk the unusual, you will have to settle for the ordinary.

Anytime someone has said to me, 'You can't do that,' I have answered, 'Watch me.'