Matters And Branson Quotes & Sayings

It's far more difficult being a small-business owner starting a business than it is for me with thousands of people working for us and 400 companies. Building a business from scratch is 24 hours, 7 days a week, divorces, it's difficult to hold your family life together, it's bloody hard work and only one word really matters - and that's surviving. — Richard Branson

With men, as with women, the main struggle is between vanity and comfort; but with men, comfort often wins. — Mignon McLaughlin

Discover why you're important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn't completely agree. — Fisher Amelie

Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat. — E.B. White

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education. — Abraham Lincoln

I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans. — Martin Cruz Smith

What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? ( ... ) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you. — Richard Branson

Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque. — Ann Landers

What matters is working with a few close friends, people you respect, knowing that if times did turn bad these people would hold together. — Richard Branson

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive. — Richard Branson