81 ordspråk av Richard Branson
Richard Branson
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
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At some stage, we're going to need an East Coast base. If you have to set up on the East Coast somewhere, I can't think of anywhere better than Cape Canaveral.
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before we are able to fly again.
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Both [units] are extremely important carriers of the Virgin brand worldwide.
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British Airways was doing everything they could do to put Virgin Atlantic out of business -- what's become famous here as the dirty tricks campaign, ... We felt that we needed the financial muscle to combat them. And I still had a lot to prove at Virgin Atlantic whereas we proved that we could, you know, build and run a successful record company.
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Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
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Can you afford to ignore China? It's like saying you can afford to ignore the Internet. I don't think so!
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Generally speaking, when someone goes for a record-breaking attempt, you start with five or six people in the plane. He chose to go it alone.
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He gave me a lot of very useful advice when I set up Virgin Atlantic 21 years ago. Perhaps his best advice was to make sure that I took British Airways to court before they bankrupted us -- not after, as he did.
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holding on for dear life.
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I am slightly biased, but I think it is an incredible achievement -- the last great aviation record left.
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I am so excited by the thought of Virgin Cola taking on Coke and Pepsi in their home territory, ... I have always believed that you can never truly be an international cola until you have launched in the home of the colas -- America.
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I am sorry to have let people down.
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator
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I have made it clear that I'm happy to become the largest shareholder in NTL and for other shareholders in Virgin Mobile to join me in taking shares in NTL. NTL has made a cash offer as well, and other shareholders can also accept the cash offer.
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