Richard Branson quotes - page 2

To be associated with industry no longer carries the stigma of profiteering, exploitation and of being uncaring as it did when I was at school. (Richard Branson)
Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. View quote
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And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge. View quote
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We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone. View quote
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You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental. View quote
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My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. View quote
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Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway. View quote
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I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. View quote
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The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went. View quote
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Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank. View quote
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We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market. (Richard Branson)
I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are. View quote
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With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights. View quote
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And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on. View quote
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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested. View quote
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator. View quote
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We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep. View quote
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I became an entrepreneur by mistake. Ever since then I've gone into business, not to make money, but because I think I can do it better than it's been done elsewhere. And, quite often, just out of personal frustration about the way it's been done by other people. View quote
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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over. View quote
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Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance. View quote
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I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going. (Richard Branson)
Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath. View quote
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Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it. View quote
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We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it. View quote
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I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer. View quote
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