Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products.

Fear is always a good motivator.

If you really want to improve technology, if you want things to work better and be better, you've got to protect the person who spends a lot of effort, money, and time developing that new technology.

[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.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You never learn from success.

What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. Success is often just around the corner.

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