Dylan Lauren Quotes

When I think of flavours, I think colour, so lemon should be yellow and orange is orange.

- Dylan Lauren

Orange, Think, Lemon, Colour

On really hot days, I try to motivate friends and family to come into the pool for an aqua jogging session which I teach. Aqua jogging is a great way to avoid the impact of regular walking or jogging on land. This is especially beneficial for those who have joint pain or who are healing from an injury.

- Dylan Lauren

Joint, Great Way, Session, Impact

I was not a girly girl. I was a tomboy.

- Dylan Lauren

Girl, Tomboy, Girly

One day, I hope to have a pot bellied pig and a wombat as pets.

- Dylan Lauren

Hope, One Day, Pets, Pot

I collect candy packaging from around the world and believe it has the value of Pop Art.

- Dylan Lauren

Art, World, Pop, Packaging

I think people always want candy, whether you're a kid or an adult.

- Dylan Lauren

Think, Always, I Think, Adult

To save money on gifts, give someone their favorite candy in a beautiful, customized vessel with a personalized tag. It's sweet and always appreciated.

- Dylan Lauren

Give, Candy, Always, Personalized

There's no denying that candy is comfort food and it's affordable.

- Dylan Lauren

Candy, Affordable, Denying, Comfort Food

I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.

- Dylan Lauren

Education, Business, Guests

I'm a stuffed rabbit collector.

- Dylan Lauren

Stuffed, Collector, Rabbit

Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.

- Dylan Lauren

Young, Promote, Designers, Anytime

I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the chips out of chocolate chip cookies, the white side off of black and white cookies, and the vanilla center out of Oreos.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Cookies, Chips, Oatmeal

I have a vanilla chai latte every morning, which I usually follow with an oatmeal raisin cookie and eggs for breakfast.

- Dylan Lauren

Eggs, Cookie, Which, Oatmeal

If I wasn't doing candy, I'd want to create the best rescue animal-shelter organization. Otherwise, the Jackson 5 and Michael Jackson were so much a part of my childhood, and Janet and I have become friends. So my second dream job would be backup singer for Janet Jackson!

- Dylan Lauren

Doing, Singer, Candy, Backup

I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!

- Dylan Lauren

New, Solo, Had, New World

Putting good energy into your body and raising your serotonin will lead to a positive mood, exuding a more attractive glow.

- Dylan Lauren

Attractive, Raising, Putting, Energy

I always loved the retail entertainment sector, like FAO Schwartz, where it's a little more exciting than just going into a little corner deli candy place.

- Dylan Lauren

Entertainment, Always, Like, Deli

Computers intimidate me.

- Dylan Lauren

Computers, Me, Intimidate

I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Book, Use, Tease

Every two months, I allow myself a splurge day where I eat thick, doughy pizza from Pizzeria Uno or an ice cream sundae from my store with birthday-cake ice cream, Marshmallow Fluff, and toppings mixed in.

- Dylan Lauren

Food, Ice, Allow, Ice Cream

My husband is the cook at our house. I can make dessert and salad, but I stay away from meals. He makes amazing omelets, fish, and grilled vegetables like Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.

- Dylan Lauren

Salad, Away, Cauliflower, Dessert

I've been entrepreneurial since middle school. I was always arranging bake sales, dances and school trips to raise money for the Dalton School.

- Dylan Lauren

Middle, Always, Been, Arranging

Watching my dad, Ralph Lauren, design clothes when I was young, I was always inspired.

- Dylan Lauren

Always, Ralph, Lauren, None

There are a few entrepreneurs whom I look up to. My dad, Ralph Lauren, has definitely evolved into a lifestyle brand of clothing and home furnishings.

- Dylan Lauren

Ralph, Lauren, Dad, None

I've always been inspired by retail entertainment, whether Ralph Lauren or the Disney Store or Niketown.

- Dylan Lauren

Always, Been, Ralph, None

The people at Dylan's Candy Bar, they have to have an inner child and a sense of fun... and love the colors and the textures.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Bar, Textures, Inner Child

My whole house has a lot of silk flowers - it feels like a garden.

- Dylan Lauren

Silk, Feels, Lot, Garden

Pinterest has been helpful to my business. Making inspiration boards is really key to developing products. When I was getting married, I literally cut out tear sheets and put my own boards together. Had I known about Pinterest, I would have been able to do it so much more easily.

- Dylan Lauren

Own, Been, Cut, Sheets

My husband proposed to me on the beach using candy.

- Dylan Lauren

Beach, Candy, Using, Proposed

My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.

- Dylan Lauren

Girl, Saved, Dylan Thomas, Naming

Sugar and chocolate, anything that boosts your serotonin levels, is something people, I think, crave.

- Dylan Lauren

Think, I Think, Crave, Boost

I find being a manager really challenging. For instance, I don't enjoy some of the administrative tasks that go along with hiring and firing.

- Dylan Lauren

Manager, Some, Instance, Tasks

I am so proud of the growth of Dylan's Candy Bar into two more flagship stores: Union Square in New York City and Chicago on Michigan Avenue, and two airport stores: JFK and Detroit.

- Dylan Lauren

City, Candy, New York City, JFK

Red candy is my favorite - I like red string licorice, Swedish Fish, and red gum balls.

- Dylan Lauren

Red, String, Swedish, Gum

I'm not so much a shoe or bag person as jewelry, and I think it's because jewelry is like candy.

- Dylan Lauren

Jewelry, Think, I Think, Shoe

Whenever I meet with nutritionists, we discuss the idea of having everything in moderation and that people should eat protein or fiber when they eat sugar.

- Dylan Lauren

Idea, Fiber, Having, Everything In Moderation

Cut a balance: eat well and then have your sugar fix. Everything in moderation.

- Dylan Lauren

Balance, Fix, Cut, Everything In Moderation

When I'm running, I like to listen to dance music and hip-hop.

- Dylan Lauren

Music, Running, Like, Dance Music

I don't like sitting still at a desk and often conduct business on my Blackberry or in walking meetings.

- Dylan Lauren

Business, Like, Still, Sitting

The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.

- Dylan Lauren

Business, Decision, Gut, Sitting

I am very athletic and like to play tennis, run, hike, and work out with my trainer. I also enjoy traveling, and given that it's a part of my job, I get to do it a lot.

- Dylan Lauren

Play, Very, Given, Hike

When I started Dylan's Candy Bar in 2001, I wanted it to be a place that merged my love of pop culture, fashion, art and music with candy. Since then, we have been fortunate to pioneer artistic partnerships with many legends.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Candy, Been, Dylan

So much of what we decide to carry in our stores is based on what we hear through the Dylan's Candy Bar Facebook Page and Twitter feeds.

- Dylan Lauren

Through, Candy, Based, Dylan

I definitely eat candy in bed. I eat candy wherever I am.

- Dylan Lauren

I Am, Bed, Definitely, Wherever

While I'm in L.A. I always make time for my favorite activity which is hiking. The trails in California are amazing, as they are always challenging, and I never get bored from all the beautiful scenery.

- Dylan Lauren

Activity, Always, Which, Bored

We chose to use a surrogate as the way we wanted to start our family, particularly as I was traveling across the globe on a stressful schedule to get stores open.

- Dylan Lauren

Stores, Use, Particularly, Open

It's important for me to eat really healthy because I have such a sweet tooth. I eat fish and vegetables for lunch and dinner, and I work out every day.

- Dylan Lauren

Work, Lunch, Sweet Tooth, Tooth

Before I got married, I never really watched TV. Now, my husband and I watch 'The Bachelor' together. I love 'The Soup' - that's where I get a lot of my pop culture - and 'Chelsea Lately.'

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Chelsea, TV, Lately

My friends call me Clark Kent: I'm known to change in phone booths.

- Dylan Lauren

Call, Kent, Known, Clark

I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter.

- Dylan Lauren

Wake Up, Like, Having, Depressed

I love all the gift guides that the magazines put out, whether it's 'InStyle' doing Mother's Day gifts or color guides, or the 'O' magazine Christmas guide.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Gift, Doing, Guide

I dye my eyelashes on occasion so I don't have to wear mascara. I find that mascara weighs on my eyes, making me sleepy, and it is a pain to take off.

- Dylan Lauren

Pain, Making, Occasion, Eyelashes

My dad is very down to earth, and I view him as a creative genius, and I am very proud of that.

- Dylan Lauren

Proud, Very, Dad, Creative Genius

I can definitely eat more of some candy than I should, so I have found that if I have coffee or a chai latte, it curbs the sugar craving.

- Dylan Lauren

Candy, Some, Craving, Sugar

If people try to cut sugar out completely, they often splurge later. That isn't a good idea.

- Dylan Lauren

Idea, Often, Cut, Sugar

People will say candy is recession-proof, and we're definitely seeing nostalgic candies coming about, and people want that sugar rush and that nostalgic happiness, like their childhood times.

- Dylan Lauren

Childhood, Will, Candy, Sugar

I'll offset neutral shades with bright colors. It helps me stand out without looking cartoonish.

- Dylan Lauren

Bright, Shades, Offset, Helps

One day, I'm designing a candy product; the next day, I'm going to a candy factory. The day after that, I might be traveling to Los Angeles to look at a possible location for another store.

- Dylan Lauren

Product, Next, Factory, Los Angeles

Regarding managing people, I am lucky to be surrounded by good, smart friends, some of whom own their own companies or have worked in ones and can lend experience.

- Dylan Lauren

Lucky, Some, Surrounded, Lend

If you're running a race, and you're looking at the lane to your right or your left, you're gonna trip instead of... focusing forward.

- Dylan Lauren

Forward, Race, Gonna, Lane

My parents always told me, 'Do what you love because that is what you will do well in.' They told me to make sure that you are happy.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Always, Sure, Parents

I did have a 1977 Barbie, but I was more into stuffed animals than dolls.

- Dylan Lauren

Animals, More, Than, Dolls

If these rich women from 5th Avenue spend a fortune on cashmere sweaters, they will come to my store to buy gummy bears.

- Dylan Lauren

Will, Fortune, Sweaters, Bears

I write for 'Self' magazine sometimes.

- Dylan Lauren

Self, Sometimes, I Write, Magazine

I find that the people who don't eat as much candy are really into heavy protein, like steak. I don't eat that.

- Dylan Lauren

Steak, Candy, Like, Protein

My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Comedy, Harry, Met

Everything I own has some significance to me.

- Dylan Lauren

Me, Own, Some, Significance

I shop for candy instead of clothes!

- Dylan Lauren

Candy, Shop, Instead, Clothes

We served Twinkies and Sno Balls at our wedding. We put them on silver trays so they looked elegant - but they were the real deal!

- Dylan Lauren

Deal, Balls, Looked, Silver

I love 'Gossip Girl' for so many reasons. The show is like candy: a delicious treat for fans.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Treat, Reasons, Gossip Girl

I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.

- Dylan Lauren

Leadership, Always, Idea, Captain

My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.

- Dylan Lauren

Birthday, Rivers, Factory, Chocolate

I feel like I filled a niche for myself as a candy freak, trying to find candies all around the world that I couldn't find.

- Dylan Lauren

Myself, Candy, Like, Niche

Being in meetings - that feels like work. But finding candy, being in the store - that's fun, and it drives me.

- Dylan Lauren

Candy, Like, Feels, Meetings

For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.

- Dylan Lauren

I Am, College, Becoming, Trainer

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

- Dylan Lauren

Always, Surrounded, Been, Grandfather

Believe in yourself, listen to your gut, and do what you love.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, What You Love, Gut, Do What You Love

Oprah Winfrey is such an inspiring person.

- Dylan Lauren

Person, Oprah, Inspiring, None

People get emails from me at 3 in the morning.

- Dylan Lauren

Me, People, Get, Emails

I don't read a lot of books but love magazines like 'Psychology Today.' It's great for getting quick facts.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Quick, Read, Magazines

Candy is childhood, the best and bright moments you wish could have lasted forever.

- Dylan Lauren

Childhood, Moments, Wish, Lasted

Summer is very precious.

- Dylan Lauren

Precious, Very, Summer

It's inspiring to watch people love my dad and want to work with him. I feel that same investment in making sure people are happy.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Making, Sure, Inspiring

I like to live a healthy life.

- Dylan Lauren

Life, Live, Like, Healthy

I love accessorizing with jewelry.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, I Love, Jewelry

I love Janet Jackson and her creative set design.

- Dylan Lauren

Love, Set, I Love, Jackson

My passion is really candy, but I know that I can use art and fashion as inspiration.

- Dylan Lauren

Art, Candy, Use, Inspiration

If your heart's not into what you're selling, you're not going to make it.

- Dylan Lauren

Going, Your, Make, Selling

I always saw candy as art.

- Dylan Lauren

Art, Candy, Always, Saw

I know everything about candy. Would you believe I even know where to find gumballs in the middle of Africa?

- Dylan Lauren

Middle, Candy, About, Africa

Some people like telling people what to do. I don't like telling people what to do.

- Dylan Lauren

Some People, Some, Like, Telling

I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.

- Dylan Lauren

Best, Stress, Believe, Dancing

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