All Quotes

"We are women, but a lot of work still needs to be done to raise awareness that women plumbers exist, and to end the isolation female plumbers feel in their locations often not knowing how many of us there actually are."

"I left teaching because the changes in the education system meant I was putting more energy into admin than into teaching children."

"Often [as a leader] someone is demanding of you; they want it done next week, in two months or whatever"

"“Criticism comes at women leaders from more angles than men – there is now data showing that microaggressions in the workplace are higher against women than men.”"

"I have taken on several CEO roles in my life and some organisations have required a turnaround or a huge transformation. To have people focus on your leadership skills, your experience and the great things you have achieved, rather than the way you look or a small mistake you have made, would have made it much easier."

""I got a lot of my strength and support not only from my family but also from women’s networks – a source of inspirational energy to keep going.”"

"“The golden rule is to keep communicating – 1. Communicate the business case; 2. Communicate it’s the right thing to do; 3. Communicate that you mean it.""

"“The PIE model is one that I totally buy into. It stands for Performance, Image and Exposure. These are the three elements that are essential for your career development.""

"“Believe in your own ability – I was so under confident that I even said ‘no’ to the first promotion I was offered.”"

"“Although it’s easier than it used to be for people to come out as LGBTQ+ at work, it’s still hard.”"

"I chose to come out as bisexual just prior to starting at Lloyd’s of London so I know how it feels to be different. I am glad I have been honest because it had begun to feel like I was lying to the people around me."

"I know it’s impacted people’s decisions about inviting me and my partner to events and it has made me feel uncomfortable meeting politicians representing countries where homosexuality is illegal."

"Find somewhere to work where the culture, values and behaviours align with your own."

"If you have to pretend to be someone you aren’t for too long, it will poison you from inside."

""If you want to be a creative, innovative, successful business, you embrace diverse talent, and you create an inclusive environment. It's the only way to be successful in the long term. Not one part of the community can do this on their own; it can only be done together.”"

""It's only by sharing your own experiences that other people can get a glimpse into what it's like for people who are different to you.”"

"There's been a huge change for women in senior positions. Some of this has been about signing up to things like the 30% Club, where a lot of boards have agreed to commit to having a third of their directors as females."

"The season of the rose is brief, make haste to pluck your posies; Another day you’ll chance to find bare thorns where bloomed the roses."

"Though not a few of the poems in the present volume could not be included in anthologies intended for general circulation, I must yet be allowed to state that I have reprinted nothing that is offensively gross. There is a great deal of dirt — nasty worthless trash — in the miscellanies of the Restoration, and with this garbage I have not chosen to meddle."

"Also, be yourself. Don’t promise what you cannot give. Let him or her accept you for who you are."

"When God remembers one, he does wonders and God blesses who He chooses to bless. Nobody forces God to bless him or her."

"Housing, as a human rights issue, should be treated with utmost urgency and commitment by the local authorities."

"so that's what I'm really playing with right now. And I love the juxtaposition of going from beauty to rough, the balance of both."

"Never in the streets, 'cause I never leave my home."

"None of my exes is over Lil Peep Nobody flexin' as much as I be That's why she text me and tell me she love me."

"The Bee and Spider by a diverse power, Sucke Hony and Poyson from the selfe same flower."

"I am just not cut out to run a public company and be answerable to hundreds of faceless shareholders."

"My parents always strove to try to ensure their children would have more than they had. That is really what made them tick."

"My father was from a strong working class background and came from an age where it was believed education was wasted on women. He used to say things like: 'If she was a boy I could understand it'."

"I wanted to demonstrate to my father I was still a good working class girl who would get married and have kids like everyone else. I soon realised it wasn't a very clever thing to have done."

"My mother had a lot to do with bringing up my daughter. I knew that when I left her with my mother she was safe and then I could get on with my career."

"To continue in psychology, I would have had to do educational psychology and you had to teach for a couple of years. The last thing I wanted to do was teach."

"My biggest horror is waking up in the morning and finding that I didn't have anything to do."

"“I always said that I wouldn’t lose a fortune on a football club.”"

"Again, that's a really difficult question to answer. I sat on the board for a couple of seasons and I know how difficult these things are."

"I think they made some very poor decisions. I also think that having realised that they maybe misjudged this, they could have said: 'Actually, we got a couple of things wrong here'. But that's not common in Scottish football, people don't generally hold their hands up and say: 'Oh, we got this wrong'."

"I think there's been so much negativity and it has reached such a height that without an independent review it's not ever going to to go away."

"I've sat on the SPFL board and I've approved a loan for another club. I know that loans can be approved."

"What they were looking for was input and advice from me with my business background to strengthen where they were with their plans. It was absolutely clear to me that their hearts were in the right place. What was required was more of a business perspective."

"As time went on, I definitely bought into the whole concept and became more involved."

"To be honest, being CEO and having that level of involvement in everything going on in the club – being in the thick of things – was what I loved, but the moment was right to step back from that."

"we want to make the club as successful as possible in Europe. That’s a game changer for Hearts and if we consolidate our position in the top three or four clubs in Scotland, that has to be our target."

"If something is wrong, it is wrong and we should all be doing our utmost to correct that wrong."

"To pour more financial hardship on specific clubs, given what we are all going through both now and for the foreseeable future, is both outrageous and shameful. We should be standing together to help clubs to survive and to save jobs."

"I know the passion, I know how much football means but so much of what you see and hear is illogical. The team is having a bad run; it happens to more or less everybody. I just think it’s unpleasant and feel for those in the firing line because if only life was that simple. You can deal with it for so long then it begins to wear you down."

"I’ve been criticised for spending money we didn’t have."

"No, I didn’t do that; I spent money I knew we had. Maybe we shouldn’t go into the discussion about whether I’ve always spent it wisely."

"The Indian weed witherèd quite, Green at morn, cut down at night, Shows thy decay; All flesh is hay: Thus think, then drink Tobacco. And when the smoke ascends on high, Think thou behold'st the vanity Of worldly stuff, Gone with a puff: Thus think, then drink Tobacco."

"Revolutions are not effected of a sudden. Christianity accepts society as it is, influencing it for its transformation through, and only through, individual souls."

"Strange elements are melted in your bird song,"