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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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...

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 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...

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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.

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...

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...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...

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...

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...

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