Sir Richard Branson

I think it’s sad when people make a lot of money and they want the biggest boat or the biggest car or the biggest plane.

90% of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.

My grandfather, along with Carnegie, was a pioneer in philanthropy, which my father then practiced on a very large scale.

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That’s how rich I want to be.

very day I get up and look through the Forbes list of the richest people in America. If I’m not there, I go to work.

No man’s fortune can be an end worthy of his being.

He is richest who is content with the least.

I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one’s life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.

I would be a billionaire if I was looking to be a selfish boss. That’s not me.

My life with Roman was not the fairytale that the papers reported.

When you have a lot of resources, the most important thing is to have had good parents and to have been brought up by people who gave one the proper values.

The only wealth I have to give is not material and if you need much more than that, I’m not available.

Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.

I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.

I think it’s sad when people make a lot of money and they want the biggest boat or the biggest car or the biggest plane.