Henry Ford

The most dangerous notion a young man can acquire is that there is no more room for originality. There is no large room for anything else.

Two classes of people lose money; those who are too weak to guard what they have; those who win money by trick. They both lose in the end.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.

Do not primarily train men to work. Train them to serve willingly and intelligently.

Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.

Our aim is to compete with any luxury brand. Candy & Candy will be a luxury brand, recognised in Rodeo Drive, New York, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo and London. Those are the major centres in the world. It will be synonymous with the design of homes, houses, flats, yachts, aircraft and retail.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

I decided to sit quietly and do business and don’t stick your neck out and tell everybody everything belongs to me. That would only cause problems for myself. Therefore I never told these stories or declared all these things to anyone.

A monopoly of jobs in this country is just as bad as a monopoly of bread!

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.

The Model T blazed the way for the motor industry and started the movement for good roads everywhere. It is still the pioneer car in many parts of the world which are just beginning to be motorized.

Many people – and I think I am one of them – are more productive when they’ve had a little to drink. I find if I drink two or three brandies, I’m far better able to write.

My friends are people who like building cool stuff. We always have this joke about people who want to just start companies without making something valuable. There’s a lot of that in Silicon Valley.

Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.

If you change anything about the way you approach selling, the thing that would make the biggest difference would be your attitude, your attitude toward your customer, your service, the benefits of your products, your employer, and yourself.

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we can find. Almost without exception they are disagreeable. Don’t destroy them. They lay golden eggs.

I get my design inspiration from Christian Dior and Chanel.

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that mine are new advertising campaigns.