Leonard Lauder famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • If one is to be called a liar, one may as well make an effort to deserve the name.

  • The things that make me different are the things that make me.

  • I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this.

  • Classic economic theory, based as it is on an inadequate theory of human motivation, could be revolutionized by accepting the reality of higher human needs, including the impulse to self actualization and the love for the highest values.

  • Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.

  • I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.

  • An interface can be a powerful narrative device. And as we collect more and more personally and socially relevant data, we have an opportunity, and maybe even an obligation, to maintain [our] humanity and tell some amazing stories.

  • It's too late. We can't win, they've gotten too powerful.

  • The single most powerful element of youth is that you don't have the life experiences to know what can't be done.

  • All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.