Richard Branson Quotes

"Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank."

"He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us - not after, as he did."

"I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes."

"We told him he had to land alive. He actually had to land alive, because if he didn't land alive he wouldn't get the record."

"Records are made to be broken. It is in man's nature to continue to strive to do just that."

"I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator"

"He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took British Airways to court before they bankrupted us -- not after, as he did."

"I love the freedom that my phone gives me."

"India is an incredibly vibrant market, which Virgin already, through Virgin Atlantic, has the pleasure of working in. I am delighted that Virgin Comics will not only help to launch the Indian comic market and spin it into the West, but will develop new and exciting talent."

"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."

"It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not."

"He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us — not after, as he did."

"He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took BA to court before they bankrupted us -- not after, as he did."

"It's incredible to get people to turn out right in the middle of no where."

"Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming."

"He was a larger-than-life figure, with a wicked sense of humor, and a great friend."

"We are effectively in an emergency situation. But we are friends with the Chinese people, and this is a sporting event. We have no choice but to go over China, and we would be enormously grateful if they let us in."

"Some of the magic will be lost now that the girls are only four. It's sad to see people so close split in this way."

"Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed. All the pomp and ceremony currently associated with wine just gets in the way of enjoying it."

"Well, I'm somebody who is just living...living life, and if I get frustrated by something, then I like to try to put it right,"