In the past, the U.K. got away with selling things that weren't unusual. Now it's no use trying to export without having something that's unusual and better.

Anger is a good motivator.

Exactly 5,126 attempts to make the first bagless vacuum cleaner were failures-some catastrophic disappointments, some minor defects. It took 15 years. Prototype 5,127 was the success ... Failure is painful, but it spurs on improvement like nothing else.

I think the search engines are the new equivalent of publishing: an enabler of information.

We need to encourage investors to invest in high-technology startups.

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

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