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.

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I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to...

We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to...

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed...

I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.

Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.

I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon...

With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to...

With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

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

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

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard...

Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on...

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

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