Richard Branson Quotes And Sayings

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.

My General Attitude To Life Is To Enjoy Every Minute Of Every Day. I Never Do Anything With A Feeling Of, 'Oh God, I've Got To Do This Today.'

Through The Right People Focusing On The Right Things, We Can, In Time, Get On Top Of A Lot If Not Most Of The Problems Of This World. And That's What A Number Of Us Are Trying To Do.

Well, I Think That There's A Very Thin Dividing Line Between Success And Failure. And I Think If You Start A Business Without Financial Backing, You're Likely To Go The Wrong Side Of That Dividing Line.

I Was Dyslexic, I Had No Understanding Of Schoolwork Whatsoever. I Certainly Would Have Failed Iq Tests. And It Was One Of The Reasons I Left School When I Was 15 Years Old. And If I - If I'm Not Interested In Something, I Don't Grasp It.

Right Now I'm Just Delighted To Be Alive And To Have Had A Nice Long Bath.

By Putting The Employee First, The Customer Effectively Comes First By Default, And In The End, The Shareholder Comes First By Default As Well.

Fortunately We're Not A Public Company - We're A Private Group Of Companies, And I Can Do What I Want.

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.

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.

Lightning Is Something Which, Again, We Would Rather Avoid.

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.

A Business Has To Be Involving, It Has To Be Fun, And It Has To Exercise Your Creative Instincts.

Fun Is One Of The Most Important - And Underrated - Ingredients In Any Successful Venture. If You're Not Having Fun, Then It's Probably Time To Call It Quits And Try Something Else.

Like Getting Into A Bleeding Competition With A Blood Bank.

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.

I Don't Think So, In That Virgin Is Already A Global Brand. Brands Like Amazon Have Had To Spend Hundreds Of Millions Of Pounds You Know, Building Their Brands, Whereas Virgin Is Already Well-known Around The World.

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.

My Philosophy Is That If I Have Any Money I Invest It In New Ventures And Not Have It Sitting Around.

So I've Seen Life As One Long Learning Process. And If I See - You Know, If I Fly On Somebody Else's Airline And Find The Experience Is Not A Pleasant One, Which It Wasn't In - 21 Years Ago, Then I'd Think, Well, You Know, Maybe I Can Create The Kind Of Airline That I'd Like To Fly On.

In Business, If You Realize You've Made A Bad Decision, You Change It.

There's Nothing Like The Endorphins From Being Fit, And The Incredible Endorphin Rush That Goes With That.

We're One Of The Only Animals In The World That Don't Really Think Of Ourselves As Animals, But We Are Animals, And We Must Respect Our Fellow Animals.

A Good Leader Doesn't Get Stuck Behind A Desk.

I'm A Lad Of The '60s. I Started A Magazine To Try And End The Vietnam War, But It Was A Number Of Years Before I Had The Profile, The Financial Resources And The Time To Do More.

My Attitude Has Always Been, If You Fall Flat On Your Face, At Least You're Moving Forward. All You Have To Do Is Get Back Up And Try Again.

The Art Of Delegation Is One Of The Key Skills Any Entrepreneur Must Master.

Being A Good Listener Is Absolutely Critical To Being A Good Leader; You Have To Listen To The People Who Are On The Front Line.

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.

I Suppose Virgin Is An Unusual Brand In That I Suspect We're The Only 'Way Of Life' Brand In The World. We're One Of Maybe The Top 30 Best Known Brands In The World, Yet If You Look At The Other 29, They All Specialize In One Area. Whether It's Google, Coca-cola, Microsoft, Etc., They All Generally Specialize In One Area.

When I Was Four, My Mother Insisted I Get Out Of The Car And Find My Own Way Home. Although I Got Lost, I Did Find My Way Home. It Taught Me The Value Of Independence At An Early Age.

My Early Business Ventures Included Growing Christmas Trees And Breeding Birds.

And Obviously, From Our Own Personal Point Of View, The Principal Challenge Is A Personal Challenge.

All You Have In Business Is Your Reputation - So It's Very Important That You Keep Your Word.

If You're Embarking Around The World In A Hot-air Balloon, Don't Forget The Toilet Paper.

I've Been Very Passionate About Renewable Energy For Many Years, Particularly Solar Energy And Its Capacity To Bring Abundant Clean, Sustainable Energy To Millions Around The Globe.

There's An Inherent Danger In Letting People Think That They Have Perfected Something. When They Believe They've 'Nailed It,' Most People Tend To Sit Back And Rest On Their Laurels While Countless Others Will Be Labouring Furiously To Better Their Work!

With The Casino And The Beds, Our Passengers Will Have At Least Two Ways To Get Lucky On One Of Our Flights.

I've Been Very Lucky. I Come From A Very Close Family.

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.

Do Not Be Embarrassed By Your Failures, Learn From Them And Start Again.

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.

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.

I Always Find The Time To Exercise - Kitesurfing, Tennis Or Cycling - And To Spend Time With My Loved Ones.

If You Want To Be More Productive, Then Start At The Start: Get There On Time. Whether It Is A Meeting, A Flight, An Appointment Or A Date, It's Important To Ensure You Are There When You Say You Will Be There. This May Feel Like An Old-fashioned Tip To Give, But It Has Served Me Well For Five Decades In Business.

I'm A Bit Like The Queen In That I Don't Carry Much Cash.

I Would Be Lying If I Didn't Admit Sadness That Our Wonderful Airline Is Merging With Another. Because I'm Not American, The U.s. Department Of Transportation Stipulated I Take Some Of My Shares In Virgin America As Non-voting Shares, Reducing My Influence Over Any Takeover. So There Was Sadly Nothing I Could Do To Stop It.

There Is No Way I Would Ask Others To Go On A Virgin Galactic Flight If I Didn't Feel It Was Safe Enough For Myself.

As More Airlines Consolidated And Grew Larger And More Focused On The Bottom Line, Flying In The U.s. Became An Awful Experience. Despite Moves To Block Our Airline From Flying, Virgin America Began Service In August 2007 - With The Goal Of Making Flying Good Again.

Can You Imagine What A Different World We Will Live In When Businesses Do What's Right For The Communities And The Environment In Everything They Do?