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- 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.
- 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…
- 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.
- The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on…
- Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere…
- Irreverence ran on both sides of our family...my parents brought me up to think we could all change the world.
- The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me
- Perhaps, therefore, it is odd that if there is any one phrase that is guaranteed to set me off it's when someone says to me,…
- I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask…
- My parents brought me up with this philosophy. You must do things. You mustn't watch what other people are doing. You must not listen to…
- As much as you need a strong personality to build a business from scratch, you also must understand the art of delegation. I have to…
- There have been times when I could have succumbed to some form of bribe, or could have had my way by offering one. But ever…
- Perhaps my early problems with dyslexia made me more intuitive: when someone sends me a written proposal, rather than dwelling on detailed facts and figures…
- I prefer to have a great time and to keep my wits about me.
- Branding is everything. A young girl once came up to me and told me I could be famous because I looked just like Richard Branson!
- As we drifted to earth I sat up on the glass roof of the capsule, watching the beauty of the golden dawn as it broke…
- When I was young, every time I criticized someone, my mother would stand me in front of the mirror and say: 'The flaws you see…
- When I started Virgin from a basement in west London, there was no great plan or strategy. I didn't set out to build a business…
- The idea that business is strictly a numbers affair has always struck me as preposterous. For one thing, I've never been particularly good at numbers,…
- 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…
- Being dyslexic can actually help in the outside world. I see some things clearer than other people do because I have to simplify things to…
- My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste…
- It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good…
- It is not for me (to decide). It is up to the company to decide whether the price is fair or not.
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- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale