I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.

Marriage to a very rich woman posed problems.

In 1966 I became president of the British Computer Society.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.