James Dyson

Anger is a good motivator.

In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.

Apartments are getting smaller on a whole. Houses are getting smaller. People don't need great big vacuums anymore.

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.'

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.