Richard Branson Quotes

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.
Richard Branson

Through, Personal, Whether

My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.
Richard Branson

Money, Philosophy, Around

One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.
Richard Branson

Business, Mistakes, Around

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
Richard Branson

Life, Work, Around

The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'
Richard Branson

Funny, Won, House

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.
Richard Branson

Sleep, Night, Actually

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.
Richard Branson

Strong, Whatever, Once

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.
Richard Branson

Success, Business, Failure

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.
Richard Branson

Around, Spend, Building

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.
Richard Branson

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.
Richard Branson

Saying, America, Play

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.
Richard Branson

Music, Alone, Real

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.
Richard Branson

Battle, Pretty, British

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

Same, Result, Quite

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.
Richard Branson

Cannot, Around, Able

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.
Richard Branson

Love, Fun, Able

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Nationality: British

Type: Businessman

Born: July 18, 1950

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