Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.

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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...

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...

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

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

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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...