Richard Branson Quotes

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• A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
• You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
• My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got…
• Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
• To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.
• Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
• For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in…
• I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I…
• I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
• Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work…
• Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.
• Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.
• If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
• With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
• I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are…
• My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and…
• I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.
• My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.
• You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.
• I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become…

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