Quotes about Advertising

“Advertising is legalized lying.”

“Telling lies does not work in advertising.”

“The right name is an advertisement in itself.”

“Advertising is the very essence of democracy.”

“No agency is better than its account executives.”

“Sanely applied advertising could remake the world.”

“That's the kind of ad I like, facts, facts, facts.”

“One ad is worth more to a paper than forty editorials.”

“In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.”

“Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.”

“You can tell the values of a nation by its advertisements.”

“Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.”

“Advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on.”

“Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.”

“Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.”

“How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? French fries.”

“What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.”

“An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.”

“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things.”

“Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.”

“Advertising is the principal reason why the business person has come to inherit the earth.”

“Several years before birth, advertise for a couple of parents belonging to long-lived families.”

“I've learned any fool can write a bad ad, but it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one.”

“Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.”

“The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague.”

“Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.”

“The modern little red riding hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objections to being eaten by the wolf.”

“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”

“The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself.”

“Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.”