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

Business is constantly changing, constantly evolving.

[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.

Failure is so much more interesting because you learn from it. That's what we should be teaching children at school, that being successful the first time, there's nothing in it. There's no interest, you learn nothing actually.

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.

Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

The one size fits all approach of standardized testing is convenient but lazy.