Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.

You need a stubborn belief in an idea in order to see it realised.

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

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

There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence - and in the end you make it look like a quantum leap.

Everyone has ideas. They may be too busy or lack the confidence or technical ability to carry them out. But I want to carry them out. It is a matter of getting up and doing it.

Anyone developing new products and new technology needs one characteristic above all else: hope.