If I don't learn something every single day, it's a wasted day. Leonard Lauder More Quotes by Leonard Lauder More Quotes From Leonard Lauder A visionary is someone who can see the future, or thinks he sees the future. In my case, I use it and it comes out right. That doesn't come from daydreams or dreams, but it comes from knowing the market and knowing the world and knowing people really well and knowing where they're going to be tomorrow. Leonard Lauder knowing dream thinking Here's the thing - if you stop learning, you might as well pack it in. You can't learn anything with your mouth open. Leonard Lauder wells mouths might One person really can make a difference. Leonard Lauder one-person-can-make-a-difference making-a-difference differences I don't think there's anything wrong with being paternalistic as a company. Leonard Lauder gender-and-sexuality bisexual thinking I love that works of art are printed so that anyone can buy them. The variety of what they put on little postcards astounds me. Leonard Lauder postcards littles art 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. Leonard Lauder peaches yogurt morning I happen to like Precisionism. It talks to me because I collect Cubism. Leonard Lauder talk-to-me cubism happens I came to realize that visualizing, projecting yourself into a successful situation, is the most powerful means there is of achieving personal goals. Leonard Lauder motivation powerful life I'm not a builder of buildings, I'm a builder of collections. Leonard Lauder builder collections building When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight. Leonard Lauder live you shadow tree I love rumors. It gives me something to think about and enjoy. Leonard Lauder think me enjoy love I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond. Leonard Lauder pond fish more big 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. Leonard Lauder day great you people You are only as successful as the people who work for you want you to be. Leonard Lauder you want work people Power is winning the battle over who owns the customer: the brand or the retailer. Leonard Lauder customer battle power winning I think a cosmetics company should be headed by a woman. Leonard Lauder i-think woman think company No one stopped buying I.B.M. because Tom Watson wasn't there, but they stopped buying Elizabeth Arden because she wasn't there. Leonard Lauder tom she because buying 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. Leonard Lauder dead say you mother If tomorrow all of America were to become paternalistic, we would beat the Japanese every day of the week. I think that the concept of accusing someone of running a paternalistic company, that's not an accusation. One should compliment someone on that. Leonard Lauder every-day day think tomorrow 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. Leonard Lauder best good you mother
