James Dyson Quotes

I have always believed in discontent – not grumbling, which is usually selfish and individual – but a disinclination to sit down idly, knowing things are wrong.

Nearly 100% of innovation-from business to politics-is inspired not by "market analysis" but by people who are supremely pissed off by the way things are.

I met with people who are already very angry with the tribunal.

Well, there's things that never will be right I know, And things need changin' everywhere you go

A minority of malcontents, some justly, some unjustly, angry with the present state of things, will always exist in this world.

There's always something to rage about, right?

Injustice drives me crazy!

Some kind of way, we have to say enough is enough.

I always had a decent sense of outrage.

I think we're ripe for social revolution now. There is the necessary yearning, and the necessary, or at least incipient, outrage. And there is an inchoate knowing that all is not right.

Excuse my French, everybody in America, but I am pissed.

In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

I think I get angry when people cause serious suffering or don't alleviate suffering when they could.

Everybody in America is angry about something.

Anger is wonderful. It keeps you going. I'm angry about bankers. About the government.

I guess I'm struck all the time by how outrageously wrong life is. There are times I can't stand to read the newspapers. It makes me insane.

Discontent is the first necessity of progress.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

On stage, I find anger at the unfairness of the world easily.

I know of no more disagreeable situation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.

I can’t stand it anymore. I can’t stand what’s happening to this country.

Nothing is more certain than that improvement in human affairs is wholly the work of the uncontented characters.

People who have a new idea often just stop having an old idea.

It is almost never when a state of things is the most detestable that it is smashed, but when, beginning to improve, it permits men to breathe, to reflect, to communicate their thoughts with each other, and to gauge by what they already have the extent of their rights and their grievances. The weight, although less heavy, seems then all the more unbearable.