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Nothing else even comes close.

Nothing else even comes close.

Richard Branson

First of all, if you're setting up a new company, you want to try to find a brand that can work on a global basis.

Richard Branson
Trying, Firsts, Want

In the beginning it was just about the business - now it's about the brand.

Richard Branson
Brands

Because I don't see Virgin as a company but as a way of life and I fully enjoy it, I don't think I'll ever retire.

Richard Branson
Business, Thinking, Way

I have always believed that personal relationships are vital in business and that people should be directly accountable for their actions.

Richard Branson
People, Action, Should
Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

You've got to take risks if you're going to succeed. I would much rather ask forgiveness than permission.

Richard Branson
Inspirational, Business, Risk

Whether we're fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don't have enough people who can code. Teaching young people to code early on can help build skills and confidence and energize the classroom with learning-by-doing opportunities. I learned how to fly a hot air balloon when I was 30,000 feet up and my life was in the balance: you can learn skills at any age but why wait when we can teach everyone to code now!

Richard Branson
Teaching, Fighting, Opportunity

I know enough to know that no man is an island.

Richard Branson
Men, Islands, People
Sir Richard Branson (2011). “Screw It, Let's Do It: Lessons in Life and Business”, p.16, Random House

Every business, like a painting, operates according to its own rules. There are many ways to run a successful company. What works once may never work again. What everyone tells you never to do may just work, once.

Richard Branson
Running, Business, Successful
Richard Branson (2010). “Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur”, Virgin

Listen to the customer's complaint and act fast.

Richard Branson
Survival, Complaints, Customers

Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

Richard Branson
Life, Wine, Enjoyed

A setback is never a bad experience, just another one of life’s lessons.

Richard Branson
Lessons, Bad Experiences, Setback

To be a great leader, you must be a great listener

Richard Branson
Leader, Self Improvement, Listeners

Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Richard Branson
Groups, Want, Company

It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you. Just drifting over beautiful rivers in a balloon is perfect.

Richard Branson
Beautiful, Adventure, Wind
"Richard Branson's Tech Essentials" by Alexandra Wolfe, www.wsj.com. September 19, 2014.

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 the house.'

Richard Branson
Funny Things, People, House
"Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I think because I have great difficulty saying the word, 'no,' almost every day's a different adventure.

Richard Branson
Adventure, Thinking, Different

We love Formula One and think Formula One's great. But we think Formula E is different. We would be making a big mistake if we tried to compete with Formula One and be similar to Formula One, we have to be radically different to Formula One to have a chance of survival. I don't mean survival by beating Formula One but co-existing complimentary to Formula One.

Richard Branson
Love, Mistake, Mean

I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.

Richard Branson
Zero, Adventure, Phoenix

I drink about 30 cups of tea a day. I'm a complete tea addict.

Richard Branson
Tea, Cups, Drink
A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 29, 2015.

Most entrepreneurs are not doing it for financial motives in the first place. They're just people who love creating.

Richard Branson
Creating, People, Entrepreneur
"Richard Branson on Being Richard Branson". Interview with Rod Kurz, www.entrepreneur.com. December 17, 2012.

One of the best bits of advice I can give is, early on, when you're building a new business, try to find somebody to run it on a day-to-day basis to free yourself up to look at the bigger picture.

Richard Branson
Running, Giving, Advice
"Richard Branson on Being Richard Branson". Interview with Rod Kurtz, www.entrepreneur.com. December 17, 2012.

There are some nasty, nasty incidents taking place in the world, but [it's] much better than it used to be.

Richard Branson
World, Nasty, Used
Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.

Richard Branson
Stars, Lucky, Balloons
"Richard Branson Responds To Elon Musk's Criticism; 'We're About To Prove Him Wrong'". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. October 18, 2014.

Everybody has a camera on their phone these days, everybody wants a selfie or a picture, and the moment one person starts taking a picture everybody congregates around so I've become quite a fast walker. I don't like saying, "No," to people but by walking fast one might be able to avoid the first photo.

Richard Branson
Phones, People, Cameras
A Drink With Interview, adrinkwith.com. April 29, 2015.

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