Shirley Conran
Shirley Conran
Shirley Conranis a British novelist and journalist...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth21 September 1932
Shirley Conran quotes about
self-confidence knowing goal
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.
available fill half hour plus rule time
Conran's rule of housework: it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour
law half hours
Conran's Law of Housework - it expands to fill the time available plus half an hour.
too-much superwoman can-do
A Superwoman isn't a woman who can do anything, but a woman who avoids doing too much.
firsts put-first-things-first first-things-first
First things first, second things never.
growing-up grows
You're never too old to grow up.
lying lazy secret
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.
dare ifs doomed
If you don't dare, you are doomed to dullness...
lying sofas chores
I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.
self-esteem color people
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.
life-is-too-short life-is-short mushrooms
Life is too short to stuff a mushroom.