Leonard Lauder
Leonard Lauder
Leonard A. Lauder is an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
building builder collections
I'm not a builder of buildings, I'm a builder of collections.
advice bad believed best came good
The best advice I ever got came from my mother, Estee Lauder: She believed that if you had something good to say, you should put it in writing. But if you had something bad to say, you should tell the person to his or her face.
duchess picking
My mother always used to say when picking up a product, 'Would you give this to the Duchess of Windsor?' Well, that's lovely. But the Duchess of Windsor is dead.
breathing family home house separate
You can't separate a house from a family. It's a living, breathing home.
cosmetics
I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman.
figure firstly great
To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.
gives love
I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy.
tom
No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there.
talk-to-me cubism happens
I happen to like Precisionism. It talks to me because I collect Cubism.
morning yogurt peaches
Every morning, I eat one fat-free yogurt with a sliced peach when peaches are in season, and one thin slice of whole-wheat bread. The same thing. I don't want to get fat. And I want to keep my fitness.
life motivation powerful
I came to realize that visualizing, projecting yourself into a successful situation, is the most powerful means there is of achieving personal goals.
thinking bisexual gender-and-sexuality
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company,
might mouths packs
Here's the thing - if you stop learning, you might as well pack it in. You can't learn anything with your mouth open.
differences making-a-difference one-person-can-make-a-difference
One person really can make a difference.