At school, I enjoyed playing the bassoon. I was in the orchestra and played the melody when the other boys sang hymns at prayers time.

We have to change our culture so you can create wealth from making things and don't just try to make money out of money

Successes teach you nothing. Failures teach you everything. Making mistakes is the most important thing you can do.

[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.

The Web is fascinating and transformative, but it's an easy, flashy, get-rich-quick option to the hard graft of proper industry.

Everybody recognizes that if you can make very efficient electric motors, you can make a quantum leap forward.

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.