Richard Branson

What’s the quickest way to become a millionaire? Borrow fivers off everyone you meet.

A touch of the jitters sharpens the mind, gets the adrenaline flowing and helps you to focus.

We, we – as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.

It is only by being bold that you get anywhere. If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.

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.

They encouraged me to always look for the good in people instead of assuming the worst and trying to find fault.

The real story of Facebook is just that we’ve worked so hard for all this time. I mean, the real story is actually probably pretty boring, right? I mean, we just sat at our computers for six years and coded.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

Entrepreneurs are always taking feedback, especially from their customers, bankers, workers, and sales force. Without straightforward feedback, entrepreneurs cannot make sound decisions.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

It took only 10 minutes to do Chelsea deal with Roman Abramovich but I had to Google him first … I wasn’t sure if Jeremy Beadle was going to jump out.

There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.

Success will always be measured by the extent to which we serve the buying public.

The tooth fairy teaches children that they can sell body parts for money.

Everything I do in life is framed through the view of a businessman. That’s my instinct. If I go into a pharmacy to buy shaving cream, then I’m going to look for the best deal on shaving cream.

The consumer isn’t a moron. She is your wife.

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York.

Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far.

The way I run my business seems to be easier than the way I run my life.