“The characteristics of successful business people, whether they are ma...” — Karren Brady Quote

“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, it's about communication, it's about integrity. And sometimes men and women display those differently but fundamentally they are the same qualities.”

“Good managers ensure good outcomes, but great leaders can deliver a vision by getting people to work together.”

“I believe that hardworking people should retain as much of the money as they can in terms of the taxes that they pay. But I think everybody should pay their taxes.”

“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.”

“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.”

“What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.”

“The limits of sensory evolution in fish are defined very largely by their habitat. Water is physically supportive, carries some kinds of odour well, and is kind to sound - letting it travel several times faster than air will allow, but it inhibits other more personal kinds of communication.”

“Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.”

“Social media websites are no longer performing an envisaged function of creating a positive communication link among friends, family and professionals. It is a veritable battleground, where insults fly from the human quiver, damaging lives, destroying self-esteem and a person's sense of self-worth.”

“Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.”