“The most influential person in Europe in the last 20 to 30 years has been Margaret Thatcher. Without her we'd all be living in some French bloody unemployed republic.” YearsPersonsHas BeensLastsEuropeRepublicBloodyInfluentialUnemployedInfluential Person Author:Michael O'Leary
“Someone who is about to die does not mourn the dead.” DoeDiesLiteratureMourn Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“MBA students come out with: 'My staff is my most important asset.' Bullshit. Staff is usually your biggest cost. We all employ some lazy bastards who needs a kick up the backside, but no one can bring themselves to admit it.” NeedsImportantStudentsCostKicksLazyAssetsStaffBullshitMbaBacksides Author:Michael O'Leary
“All flights are fuelled with Leprechaun wee and my bullshit!” FlightBullshitLeprechaun Author:Michael O'Leary
“If global warming meant temperatures rose by one or two degrees, France would become a desert, which would be no bad thing. The Scots would grow wine and make buffalo mozzarella.” IfsTwoWould BeGrowsDegreesWineRoseFranceDesertGlobal WarmingBad ThingsTemperatureBuffaloScotsMozzarella Author:Michael O'Leary
“I'm paid about 20 times more than the average Ryanair employee and I think the gap should be wider. I probably work 50 times harder. I think I'm the most underpaid and underappreciated airline boss in Europe.” ThinkingShouldEuropePaidAverageEmployeeBossGapsUnderpaid Author:Michael O'Leary
“I'm disrespectful towards authority. I think the prime minister of Ireland is a gobshite.” ThinkingAuthorityMinistersPrimeIrelandPrime MinisterDisrespectful Author:Michael O'Leary
“The airline industry is full of bullshitters, liars and drunks. We excel at all three in Ireland.” ThreeIndustryAviationLiarsIrelandAirlineAirline BusinessAirline Industry Author:Michael O'Leary
“The airline business is it is mostly run by a bunch of spineless nincompoops who actually don't want to stand up to the environmentalists and call them the lying wankers that they are.” WantRunningLyingBunchAirlineEnvironmentalistSpinelessAirline Business Author:Michael O'Leary