Shirley Conran quotes:

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

Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.

First things first, second things never.

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

You're never too old to grow up.

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.

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.

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

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.

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