Shirley Conran Quotes

You have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

A Superwoman isn't a woman who can do anything, but a woman who avoids doing too much.

I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.

I make no secret of the fact that I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it. But you have to be efficient if you're going to be lazy.

Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.

You're never too old to grow up.

First things first, second things never.

If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness.

Self-confidence is the most important thing, and this comes from identifying your goals, knowing your limits and roping in all the help you can get.

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

With color, for the price of a pot of paint, people can express their own style and individuality. But, as with style, a gift for color has to be developed by experiment. If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness.