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Companies Quotes by Richard Branson
- Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.
- To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest.
- Virgin, is how good you are with people. If you're - if you're good with people and you've got - you know, and you really…
- Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.
- Be creative. Innovate consistently on the little things that the big companies ignore. Little things often make big differences in business.
- What we are trying to do at Virgin is not to have one enormous company in one sector under one banner, but to have two…
- Companies need to have a lot more flexibility with their people... . If somebody wants to golf around the world for two months, okay, well,…
- I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important…
- I love stirring the pot. I love giving big companies a run for their money - especially if they're offering expensive, poor-quality products.
- I may be a businessman in that I set up and run companies for profit, but when I try to plan ahead and dream up…
- The companies that look after their people are the companies that do really well. I'm sure we'd like a few other attributes, but that would…
- I've had to create companies that I believe in 100%. These are companies I feel will make a genuine difference. Then I have to be…
- ...making profits is important because it keeps all our people in jobs and, you know, it keeps what we - what we've created going, but,…
- Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that's largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and…
- I am convinced that companies should put staff first, customers second and shareholders third - ultimately that's in the best interest of customers and shareholders.
- I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of…
- If you can run one company, you can run another. Running companies are about inspiring and driving the best out of people.
- Too many companies want their brands to reflect some idealised, perfected image of themselves. As a consequence, their brands acquire no texture, no character and…
- Virgin could never have grown into the group of more than 200 companies it is now, were it not for a steady stream of intrapreneurs…
More Companies Quotes
- Instead of creating new jobs, Republicans gave tax cuts to companies that send jobs overseas. — Joe Baca
- It's all false pressure; you put the heat on yourself, you get it from the networks and record companies and movie studios.… — John Belushi
- Competition makes things come out right. Well, what does that mean in health care? More hospitals so they compete with each other.… — Donald Berwick
- I don't think that old-fashioned idea of record companies exists any more. — Sophie Ellis Bextor
- There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We… — Jeff Bezos
- On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes:… — Jeff Bezos
- Percentage margins don't matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins,… — Jeff Bezos
- You know we're going to control the insurance companies. — Joe Biden
- Well, I'm telling them two things. One is that, look, this is going to be something when the American people realize -… — Joe Biden
- Folks, you're the reason that the automobile industry is back. Whether it was the wage freezes, the plant closures, folks, you sacrificed… — Joe Biden
- Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. — Ritchie Blackmore
- Unemployment in America today is too high. And part of the reason, unfortunately, is that many companies cannot fill the high-skilled jobs… — Michael Bloomberg