In the digital age of "overnight" success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

If you can't be unconventional, be obtuse. Be deliberately obtuse, because there are 5 billion people out there thinking in train tracks, and thinking what they have been taught to think.

[M]anufacturing, science and engineering are ... incredibly creative. I'd venture to say more so than creative advertising agencies and things that are known as the creative industries.

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

Everyone gets knocked back, no one rises smoothly to the top without hindrance. The ones who succeed are those who say, right, let’s give it another go.

I just think things should work properly.

I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.