1,075 Quotes by Richard Branson

If you get your face and your name out there enough, people will start to recognize you.

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.

Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.

I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.

We expect the first Virgin Galactic space flight to take place in 2008, which gives our Flying Club members time to save up all their miles.

Business is what concerns us. If you care about something enough to do something about it, you're in business

Most people assume that a record shop's success lies in selling records. In fact, Virgin's success both in mail order and the record shops lay in skill at buying records.

Lavish praise on people and people will flourish; criticize people and they'll shrivel up.

Having a personality of caring about people is important. You can’t be a good leader unless you generally like people. That is how you bring out the best in them.