I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

Quote by Richard Branson

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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...

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 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...

We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted...

We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted...

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...

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...

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...

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And...

Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And...

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she...

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she...

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

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

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...

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

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

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...