Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Karren Brady - Page 2

I'm the least vain person I know. I literally get out the shower, throw a brush through my hair, put jeans and a T-shirt on and head to the Tube and go to work most mornings. It takes seconds.

I took it as my personal responsibility to be able to juggle. I didn't want anybody to help me and I didn't expect my office to make it easy for me.

I'm not friends with politicians.

I'm an extremely busy woman but I still make time for myself and my family. You can do both, and do both well, if you really want to.

I don't take things to heart. And I'm not particularly emotional.

The brain aneurysm I had in 2006 put things into perspective. It made me understand what was really important - to enjoy life, take more risks and stop putting things off.

Most women who work and have a career and a family sympathise with one another because they know just how difficult it is to try and manage it all and sometimes if the pressure's too great and you can't manage something has to give and it's either your career or your family.

You have to have two personalities: your home personality and your work personality and the trick really is not to allow one of those personalities to drain the life out of the other.

I remember when I was young, I used to love hockey - I was selected to play for my county - and my dad said: 'Well, there's no money to be made in hockey,' and it put me off for ever.

I always laugh when I read about sexism cases in the newspaper.

I suppose the appeal of boxing for me is seeing people do well when they have worked really hard.

The problems children bring get bigger as they get older.

I don't have any fears.

You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent.

I love business and that's why I go on other people's board because it is my hobby. Some people join a tennis club to do things in their spare time. I join boards because that's what I love.

Winning the BAFTA for 'Young Apprentice' felt great. It's really nice to be part of the winning team.

I don't believe in quotas for quotas sake, but I think companies without any women on their boards should write to their shareholders and explain why - explain how many women they've interviewed, why they haven't taken anybody on.

On a personal level, the 'Young Apprentice' schedule is very long. The children needed long breaks so the sheer amount of time it took made it tougher. There was a lot more hanging around. But as a show, championing young people and promoting young people who are willing to have a go, I thought it was great.

I'm very rational. I tend to let my head rule my heart.

Deep in my soul, I'm secretly a redhead.

I couldn't think of anything worse than drinking a load of gunky-green stuff and sweating in a gym. I would rather sit in front of the TV and have a glass of wine.

I hate fad diets.

I'm a hard cheese person and I could have it with biscuits for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think that's a very spiritual way of living.

I think it's a very old fashioned attitude, that you've got to wear short skirts and a lot of make up to get on in life. I think most women look at that and laugh. I think those are antiquated views from a bygone age that thankfully is no longer around.

My greatest mistake? I once took a three-day maternity leave. I had my daughter on a Wednesday, and then went back to the office on the Monday to sack a manager.

I love to think about business. It's what makes me happy.

I think it doesn't actually matter what your political persuasion is, but if you are interested in the country that you live in and the way in which it's run, everyone has to do something about that.

When you're starting your own business it's really important to think through your plan: what's the idea, why is it relevant to the market, how much money you are going to invest, how are you going to tell people about it.

I don't invest in shares in companies that don't have women on their board.

I've experienced a lot of sexism in football.

I used to love villas when the kids were small but now I like hotels.

Life is very short, and if you worry what people think of you, if you second-guess yourself, you're in trouble.

I'm very comfortable in my own skin.

By the time I sold Birmingham City football club in 2009, 75% of the directors were women, which I take great pride in - that's unique in business, full stop.

What I love about London is you can go out of your door and turn left or right, and you could eat at every restaurant and still never go round in a loop.

I worry I look posh and fat. I can't do anything about posh - I'm accentless - but I've spent 20 years battling my weight.

If I can encourage other women to think about setting up their own businesses and being entrepreneurs and making a contribution then I think that's a good thing.

When I'm at home I'm 'Karren Peski Solido mother-of-two' when I'm at work I'm 'Karren Brady don't mess with me.'

I'm the sort of person who doesn't hear the word 'no' - I hear 'find another way to get what you want.'

The new build will play a vital role in the £1billion regeneration project at Longbridge, providing a strong educational element to the employment led mixed-use development. In these trying and difficult times, it is vital that we invest in the future of our community, in the hope that they will continue to take this country from strength to strength.

Hard work will always bring opportunities

As a footballer's wife, I take great exception to the way we are portrayed in Footballers' Wives.