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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And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on...

And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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 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...

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'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...

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

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

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is...

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and...

Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and...

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...

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...

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...

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

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...