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 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...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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...

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...

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

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.

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...

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...

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, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...