"When you say 'design,' everybody thinks of magazine pages. So it's an emotive word. Everybody thinks it's how something looks, whereas for me, design is pretty much everything."

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

"I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them."

"China has all the advantages in the world. But it doesn't have a history of free thinking, risk-taking pioneers - the kind of people the U.S. is built upon."

"The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble."

"The universe speaks in the silent dialect of universal natural laws. Such is the immutable nature of understanding — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the melody of life is composed of both highs and lows."

"Don't be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment."