Richard Branson Quotes

I see myself as a classic middle market entrepreneur, and this is the role I fulfil.

I am not a politician. I'm an American businessman and entrepreneur that have built two businesses, and I try to play it straight with people.

I love being a businessman much more than being a hacker.

Yeah, handsome, great big guy, seven feet tall! Name is Rick Miller - Portland, Oregon. And he started a business. Of course you know it was in basketball. But it wasn't in basketball! I mean, I figured he had to be in sport, but he wasn't in sport.

I'm an entrepreneur and I love business. That's what I've always done. I went to school for that. My father took me out and said, 'You're gonna be here like everybody else.'

but I have no mind for business and considered staying awake to be enough of an accomplishment.

I grew up in a household that revered building businesses. It wasn't thinking about leadership; it was more about building something. To build something, you ultimately have to lead.

A lot of people who own a business aren't entrepreneurial at all.

I was voted least likely to manage a business when I was at Dickinson College.

School taught me how to do a 9-5 job rather than be a person who wants to start a business.

If I sound like a technology geek, that's probably because I am. But I also love running good businesses.

In Joe Yorio you find a guy who's smarter at business than I am. I'm an entrepreneur and idea guy; he's a professional businessman.

I never studied business. It's either in your DNA, or it isn't.

I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.

Honestly, if I could be anything, I'd love to be a small-business authority type of person.

All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.

Entrepreneurship is not only a mindset but a skillset.

Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.

As far as business moguls, I'm always a fan of how Jay Z moves. He was just always very strategic ever since he came into the game.

A lot of people especially want to know about going into business. But it's a two-way conversation.

I didn't know how to run a business. I was a terrible gallerist, the worst in history, possibly.

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on.

I tried acting and all of the arts, I even put out a record album, but what I like the most is business.

If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.

The only reason you should be an entrepreneur is because that's the only way the idea will come into the world.