I've Fought Court Battles Over My Inventions

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.

I Want Entrepreneurs To Be Engineers And Scientists And Designers; They Don't Necessarily Have To Be Internet Entrepreneurs Or Retail Entrepreneurs.

[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.

I Just Think Things Should Work Properly.

I've Obviously Used Fans - I Wouldn't Say All My Life, Because We Couldn't Afford Them When I Was Young, But From My 20s And Onwards We've Had To Use Fans. And I've Always Loathed Them. Everything About Them. The Way You Adjust Them, Getting Them At The Angle You Want. Carrying Them. Cleaning Them. The Danger Of Putting Your Finger In Them.