My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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...

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...

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...

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...