Zitat des Tages von Richard Branson:
A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.
We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can actually go with their partner and have a proper night's sleep.
With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
My favorite mode of transport is hot-air ballooning. It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you.
Be willing to use yourself to get out there and put the company on the market. If you have to make a fool of yourself, make a fool of yourself, but make sure that you end up on the front pages, not the back pages. In time, it's possible that your company will stand out from the crowd, and you'll be successful.
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.
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 left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it.
There's an inherent danger in letting people think that they have perfected something. When they believe they've 'nailed it,' most people tend to sit back and rest on their laurels while countless others will be labouring furiously to better their work!
I don't think so, in that Virgin is already a global brand. Brands like Amazon have had to spend hundreds of millions of pounds you know, building their brands, whereas Virgin is already well-known around the world.
Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.
I think it's good for a woman to put on a bit of weight when she gets older - it looks better. But a man has to stay balanced.
So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.
If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.
We need every person on Earth to acknowledge that climate change is real and encourage each other and our leaders to address the challenge.
Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.
Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.
The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.
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 else anyway.
Back when I was in school, few people understood dyslexia and what to do for it. My teachers thought I was lazy and not very clever, and I got bored easily... thinking of all the things I could do once I left school. I couldn't always follow what was going on.
A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be?
Space has always fascinated me. As a young boy looking up at the stars, I found it impossible to resist thinking what was out there and if I ever would experience space first-hand.
We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone.
And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.
Can you imagine what a different world we will live in when businesses do what's right for the communities and the environment in everything they do?
At Virgin, we have always backed the power of the entrepreneur and inventor to find solutions to tricky problems. Why should climate change and the battle against carbon be any different?
As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take - not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.
It's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's metric for success. It's not, and nor should it be.
I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life.
Material things are delightful, but they're not important.
We're one of the only animals in the world that don't really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals.