Unfortunately I have no rags-to-riches story to tell. Money never played a big role for me. My parents just had it.

People are grateful when you make a difference in their lives. That is the essence of any successful business

Successes are always unique and hard to copy. The fact that easyJet became a success is due to a mixture of talent and luck.

Failures teach you more, there's always something fundamental about them.

America has its roots in a tradition of risk-taking pioneers. In more conservative Europe, if you fail in business or actually end up going to jail for it, you're finished as a businessman for good.

I think that my original drive as an entrepreneur was precisely that desire to get away from the image of the shipping magnate's son.

You can divide airlines into two camps: expensive and cheap. But I believe that we will only distinguish between long-haul and short-haul airlines in the future.

This industry attracts more capital than it deserves.

All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe.

When I opened the world's largest Internet cafe, certified by the 'Guinness Book of Records, ' in Times Square in New York, I was live on 'Good Morning America, ' and for me, that was an achievement.

One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we "find to do" day by day.

If you are reading this, you will get what you want. Believe in yourself and that's inspiration.

When working with the Universal Laws you are working with the laws of manifestation, not instant gratification ...

It is about getting a sense of integrity about issues. That was was my enlightenment over it and knowing that I had a safe place to go to handle anything in life.

I was obsessed with the Olympics. It's so exciting to see that level of excellence and endurance.

It is one thing to read about the world, but quite another to see and hear for oneself.

I actually built a tiny computer as a junior high school project.

I love New York. I love the multicultural vibe here. Los Angeles doesn't inspire me in any way. Everyone is in the same industry, yet you feel very isolated.

When a church is truly convinced that prayer is where the action is, that church will so construct its corporate activities that the prayer program will have the highest priority.

I don't think Obama understands basic economics. Not economics that work. He may understand some theory that someone in Princeton sat and dreamed up, but it's not working.