Quotes by Richard Branson

About Richard Branson:

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English businessman and investor. He is best known as the founder of Virgin Group, which comprises more than 400 companies.
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Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.

Richard Branson

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.'

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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.

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to be successful, you have to be out there, you have to hit the ground running

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Fun is at the core of the way I like to do business and it has been key to everything I've done from the outset. More than any other element, fun is the secret of Virgin's success. I am aware that the ideas of business as being fun and creative goes ...

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I can honestly say that I have never gone into any business purely to make money. If that is the sole motive then I believe you are better off not doing it. A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instin...

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There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever since that night in Dover prison I have never been tempted to break my vow.. My Parents always drummed into me that all you ha...

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It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

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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.

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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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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.

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You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.

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Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.

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Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

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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 te...

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And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.

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Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Author Bio

  • NameRichard Branson
  • DescriptionBritish business magnate
  • AliasesSir Richard Branson; Richard Charles Nicholas Branson; Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
  • BornJuly 18, 1950
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Aviator; Writer; Autobiographer; Businessperson
  • AwardsTony Jannus Award; Sergio Vieira De Mello Citizen Of The World; Giuseppe Motta Medal