Michael O'Leary Quotes

Air transport is just a glorified bus operation.

Michael O'Leary

• Air
• Bus
• Operation

We want to annoy the whenever we can. The best thing we can do with environmentalists is shoot them.

Michael O'Leary

• Shoot
• Annoy
• Environmentalists

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.

Michael O'Leary

• Business
• Profit
• Costs

Do we carry rich people on our flights? Yes, I flew on one this morning and I'm very rich.

Michael O'Leary

• People
• Rich
• Flights

One of the weaknesses of the company now is it is a bit cheap and cheerful and overly nasty, and that reflects my personality.

Michael O'Leary

• Personality
• Company
• Reflect

We should try to eliminate things that unnecessarily piss people off.

Michael O'Leary

• People
• Eliminate
• Piss Off

I have more money than I am ever going to need. Financially, I'm fine for the next couple of hundred years.

Michael O'Leary

• Money
• Years
• Need

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

Michael O'Leary

• Negative
• Publicity
• Seats

Why does every plane have two pilots? Really, you only need one pilot. Let's take out the second pilot. Let the bloody computer fly it.

Michael O'Leary

• Fly
• Computer
• Pilot

People say the customer is always right, but you know what - they're not. Sometimes they are wrong and they need to be told so.

Michael O'Leary

• Right
• Customer
• Told