I look at people like Helen Mirren, Emma Thompson, Goldie Hawn, they're the people I want to be. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I think young people respond much better to openness and frankness and practical stuff than speeches. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
We've got to start making people realise that it's a proud thing to run a business, to export your goods around the… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I want people to think about what I have achieved and not what I look like. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I suppose the appeal of boxing for me is seeing people do well when they have worked really hard. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
Life is very short, and if you worry what people think of you, if you second-guess yourself, you're in trouble. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
It's really important that young people realise very rarely do you become an overnight success. — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
It really annoys me when magazines put up these 'superwomen' with the perfect blow-dry, the perfect life - but nothing's perfect. People… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
My grandmother had a motto that you should never look down on people unless you are helping them up, and I think… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
I believe that hardworking people should retain as much of the money as they can in terms of the taxes that they… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
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… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
Any board executive can forget just how many people helped them get where they are. Those women who have got to the… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
The world is divided into three types of people in business: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and… — Karren Brady Copy Share Image
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… — Karren Brady Copy Share
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… — Karren Brady Copy Share
My kids are my life. Sitting on the sidelines watching my son play rugby, helping them with their homework or getting them ready for… — Karren Brady Copy Share
The characteristics of successful business people, whether they are male or female, are very similar. It's about determination, it's about enthusiasm, it's about strategy,… — Karren Brady Copy Share
It is critical to create opportunities to identify talented women in business, then support them to develop their confidence to aim for the boardroom. — Karren Brady Copy Share
I'm the sort of person who doesn't hear the word 'no' - I hear 'find another way to get what you want.' — Karren Brady Copy Share
The worst kind of businesses are ones where there are no expectations set out for employees. — Karren Brady Copy Share
You take responsibility for your children but you're not always the taxi driver and that doesn't make you a bad parent. — Karren Brady Copy Share
Good managers ensure good outcomes, but great leaders can deliver a vision by getting people to work together. — Karren Brady Copy Share
In my experience, not all women want to run the world. Not all women want to run a big banking conglomerate. Not all women… — Karren Brady Copy Share
