Finding My Virginity Quotes

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a ride!”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Whenever you are setting up a new project, the most important thing is to surround yourself with people who are better than yourself, have different skills and a healthy combination of enthusiasm and experience.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Developing mental toughness isn’t just about being resilient – it’s about accessing your reserve tank when you think you just can’t go any further.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“The way to become a great leader is to look for the best in people – seldom criticise – always praise.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“The key enterprising skills I used when first starting out are the very same ones I use today: the art of delegation, risk-taking, surrounding yourself with a great team and working on projects you really believe in.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“If I had to give one reason why I have been fortunate enough to experience some success, it would be my knack of bringing together wonderful people.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“A typical Virgin airline employee is the sort of person who will joke with passengers and smile, not just nod their head and say: ‘Yes sir, no sir, three bags full sir.’ I shared a story about one occasion when we had a short delay before a Virgin flight and people had to queue up at the gate. One of the passengers jumped the queue and marched up to the desk. Our team member very politely asked him to get back into the queue. He turned on her and said: ‘Don’t you know who I am?’ So she picked up the intercom and announced: ‘I have a young man at gate 23, who seems to be lost – he doesn’t know who he is.’ The other passengers roared with laughter. ‘Fuck you!’ shouted the self-important man. She kept a straight face and replied: ‘I’m afraid you’re going to have to get in line for that too, sir!”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Somebody said to me after Strive that there are three stages to life: youth, middle age, and ‘you’re looking well’! Sadly, it’s probably true. I found myself getting more ‘you’re looking well’ comments than usual after Strive. But the adventures we do as a family help keep me young, and give me another reason to stay fit and healthy.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“By 2016, Pitch To Rich had morphed into VOOM, the UK and Ireland’s biggest and most valuable pitch competition, with more than £1 million of prizes on offer. As the posters said: ‘I’ve got 99 problems but a pitch ain’t one!”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Making life or death decisions for family requires the same skills as making crucial business decisions, but, of course, it feels so much more intense. As an entrepreneur you are better equipped than anyone to question things, listen and learn and ultimately make a call. But there is always another company – there is not another wife, son or daughter. It doesn’t matter how much money you earn; nothing is worth more than your family’s health.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“My definition of a sin is for humans to allow a species to die out. Animals cannot speak for themselves – it is up to all of us to protect them and their habitats.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Everything’s gone,’ I heard someone say. I thought of the lifetime of diaries and photographs disappearing up in smoke and I turned to Mia and Joe. ‘Remember, it’s not material things that matter in life,’ I told them. ‘Things aren’t important, people are. All that matters is that everyone is safe.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“We owe our freedom to extraordinary people,’ he told the assembled crowd. ‘The bad, the evil, doesn’t have the last word. It is ultimately goodness and laughter and joy and caring and compassion.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“Would I ever support Trump? No. But would I try to talk to him about issues I care about, from climate change to criminal justice reform, and encourage him to take a better approach? Of course. As I told him all those years ago, life is too short for enemies and the spirit of forgiveness is far stronger than the spirit of revenge. Would Donald agree? Sadly, I doubt it.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“On 8 December 2003 we floated Virgin Blue on the stock market for A$2.3 billion. A$2.3 billion! This, the same airline we’d started with A$10 million only four years earlier, and had rejected a A$250 million offer for only two years previously.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography

“– I became the lease holder of the Roof Gardens after a bouncer refused me entry for wearing jeans and looking too scruffy. I bought the place the next day, and gently informed the bouncer to let me in regardless of my clothing. He turned out to be a delightful gentleman and ended up working for us for another three decades.”
― Richard Branson, Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography