Leonard Lauder Quotes
When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
Quotes to Explore
-
I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
-
If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power.
-
Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
-
I turned down a lot of films.
-
Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
-
I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
-
I got into the race and people literally laughed. They thought I had no chance of winning.
-
The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
-
Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
-
I don't think good and evil are polarized.
-
Yes, my parents are strict about me having a childhood. I go ice skating and sledding, and swimming in the summer.
-
Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
-
If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
-
I lost 80 percent of my wealth and then gave away over half of the rest. So I'm a man of modest means now. But if you budget carefully and watch your expenditures, you can get by on a couple billion dollars.
-
I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
-
I know I am a writer; it is the only thing I am sure of.
-
I try to just talk about human stories and what I think about religion or teapots or whatever.
-
I decided to build a studio in my house. We built it in my basement kitchen. I had the drummer up by the fish tank. I was in the toilet singing. The bass player was out by the shelves in the living room, and the guitarist was on the couch by the telly.
-
Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.
-
What’s our excuse today for not voting? How do we so casually discard the right for which so many fought? How do we so fully give away our power, our voice, in shaping America’s future? Why are we pointing to somebody else when we could take the time just to go to the polling places? We give away our power.
-
None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
-
Live Nation is one of the most unique, exciting companies in the world and has remained at the forefront of the live entertainment industry by continuing to innovate and bring live entertainment to more fans around the globe.
-
Animals have come to mean so much in our lives. We live in a fragmented and disconnected culture. Politics are ugly, religion is struggling, technology is stressful, and the economy is unfortunate. What's one thing that we have in our lives that we can depend on? A dog or a cat loving us unconditionally, every day, very faithfully.
-
When you live in the shadow of a big tree, you have to run twice as fast to get into the sunlight.
