When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.

An inventor's path is chorused with groans, riddled with fist-banging and punctuated by head scratches.

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

[In my home workshop,] generally I'm mending things, which is interesting because you learn a lot about why they broke.

Life is a mountain of solvable problems and I enjoy that.

Hire inexperience. This year we plan to hire 200 engineers - half of whom are recent grads. Young people are not burdened by years of experience. They haven't learned - or been told - what is right or wrong. With engineering, there is no tried and tested path. You try, and fail, and fix, and fail again.