I came into business to make money, I make no apology for that. I wanted to make a lot of money but after the first £50million or £100million, it became less about making money and more about having fun.

Ryanair's biggest achievement? Bringing low fares to Europe and still lowering em. Biggest failure? Hiring me.

When you look at the number of stupid people who have succeeded in business, you clearly don't have to be very bright. Business is all about getting your sales up and your costs down, the bit in the middle is profit.

It reminds me of two drunks leaning on each other.

The Germans will crawl bollock-naked over broken glass to get low fares.

If drink sales are falling off, we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes sales.

‎‎‎‎Short of committing murder, negative publicity sells more seats than positive publicity.