65 Quotes by Michael O'Leary

Ryanair’s biggest achievement? Bringing low fares to Europe and still lowering em. Biggest failure? Hiring me.

She’s coming here with Aer Lingus.

Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. Let’s take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.

The most influential person in Europe in the last 20 to 30 years has been Margaret Thatcher. Without her we’d all be living in some French bloody unemployed republic.

I should get the Nobel peace prize – screw Bono.

I’m here with Howard Millar and Michael Cawley, our two deputy chief executives. But they’re presently making love in the gentleman’s toilets, such is their excitement at today’s results.

It’s a great incentive to work long hours. I limit the holiday to two weeks and then get the hell back to the office. If I had my choice I wouldn’t take holidays but my wife insists on time with the kids. That’s enough. Prior to getting married I never took a holiday.

The airline business is it is mostly run by a bunch of spineless nincompoops who actually don’t want to stand up to the environmentalists and call them the lying wankers that they are.

Do we carry rich people on our flights? Yes, I flew on one this morning and I’m very rich.