Loyal employees in any company create loyal customers, who in turn create happy shareholders. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In a sense, when we started Virgin Atlantic, I was trying to create an airline for myself. If you try to build… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I decided there must be room for another airline when I spent two days trying to get through to People Express. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Look, I think that when we started Virgin Atlantic 30 years ago, we had one 747 competing with the airlines that had… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
In the '80's my gut feeling was that airlines were crap. I hated spending time on planes. I thought we could create… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
And in the process, we have come up with fuels - algae-based fuels, isobutanol-based fuels and other fuels - that we think… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
The quickest way to become a millionaire in the airline business is to start out as a billionaire. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I was never, ever interested in becoming a businessman or an entrepreneur. If I was a businessman, or saw myself as a… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
And [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end,… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Tough times are inevitable in life and in business. But how you compose yourself during those times defines your spirit and will define your… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
All successful people - not just entrepreneurs - have got things wrong over and over again before finding the right solution. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
We have the enormous opportunity in our hands to make a positive difference for business, people, and the planet. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I'm a great believer in life to saying yes and not saying no, and hopefully making people smile and just having fun in life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Business leaders take things far too seriously, and forget that most of the time people spend in their lives is at work, and it… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
![“And ever since then [I] have set up businesses basically out of frustration. I mean, I set up Virgin Atlantic with one second-hand 747 because I hated the experience of flying on other people's airlines. And I thought, you know, I could try to create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on…” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/569/richard-branson-256_airline_and-ever-since-then-i-have-set-up-busine_548374.jpg)
![“And [we hope to sell] the clean fuels to other airlines. I mean, the exciting thing about the breakthrough with clean fuels for the airline industry is there's only 1,700 pumps in the world that fill up the airlines.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1b7/richard-branson-256_airline_and-we-hope-to-sell-the-clean-fuels-to-o_3157038.jpg)
![“I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.” quote by Richard Branson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa1/richard-branson-256_adventure_i-ve-used-the-phoenix-centrifuge-to-repl_903.jpg)
