Richard Branson Quotes - Page 27

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• 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, but I think I've done a reasonable job with feelings. And I'm convinced that it is feelings - and feelings alone - that account for the success of the Virgin brand in all of its myriad forms.

  Richard Branson

  Jobs, Thinking, Ideas

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• 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, 'OK, fine. You're the boss!' What irks me is that in 90% of such instances what that person is really saying is, 'OK, then, I don't agree with you, but I'll roll over and do it because you're telling me to. But if it doesn't work out I'll be the first to remind everyone that it wasn't my idea.'

  Richard Branson

  Ideas, Work Out, Boss

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• Be swift to take advantage of business opportunities. Bigger companies are too cumbersome to move quickly; this can be a competitive advantage for you.

  Richard Branson

  Moving, Opportunity, Survival

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• At the end, entrepreneurship is not about wearing expensive suits and earning a lot of money. It is all about being true to yourself, to your values in life. Your dreams.

  Richard Branson

  Dream, Earning, Suits

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• 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 care, genuinely care about people then I'm sure we could find a job for you at Virgin. I think, you know, that, you know, that 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 be the most important one.

  Richard Branson

  Jobs, Thinking, People

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• Wine, like life, is meant to be enjoyed.

  Richard Branson

  Life, Wine, Enjoyed

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

  Richard Branson

  Lessons, Bad Experiences, Setback

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• Whenever I see people getting a bad deal I want to step in and do something about it. Of course, this is not pure altruism - there's a profit to be made too.

  Richard Branson

  People, Want, Steps

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

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• 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

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

  Richard Branson

  Brands

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• 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

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

  Richard Branson

  Leader, Self Improvement, Listeners

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

  Richard Branson

  Adventure, Thinking, Different

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• 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 hundred or even three hundred separate companies. Each company can stand on its own feet and, in that way, although we've got a brand that links them, if we were to have another tragedy such as that of 11 September - which hurt the airline industry - it would not bring the whole group crashing down.

  Richard Branson

  Hurt, Two, Feet

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• Throughout my business life I have always tried to keep on top of costs and protect the downside risk as much possible. The Virgin Group has survived only because we have always kept tight control of our cash. But, likewise, I also know that sometimes it is essential to break these rules and spend lavishly.

  Richard Branson

  Risk, Groups, Essentials

  Richard Branson (2005). “Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography”, Virgin Pub

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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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• 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.

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• 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.

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