Leonard Lauder
Leonard Lauder
Leonard A. Lauder is an American businessman...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth19 March 1933
CountryUnited States of America
america beat compliment concept japanese running
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.
run twice
When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
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.
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.
I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized big pond.
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.
If I don't learn something every single day, it's a wasted day.
art littles postcards
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.
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.