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David Ogilvy2 quotes
It is the professional duty of the advertising agent to conceal his artifice. When Aeschines spoke, they said. "How well he speaks." But when Demosthenes spoke, they said. "Let us march against Philip." — David Ogilvy · 1963The consumer isn't a moron; she is your wife. You insult her intelligence if you assume that a mere slogan and a few vapid adjectives will persuade her to buy anything. — David Ogilvy · 1963Charles H. Revson1 quote
In the factory, we make cosmetics; in the store we sell hope. — Charles H. Revson · 1976Don Draper1 quote
What you call love was invented by guys like me... To sell Nylons. — Don Draper · 2007Dorothy L. Sayers1 quote
A society in which consumption has to be artificially stimulated in order to keep production going is a society founded on trash and waste, and such a society is a house built upon sand. — Dorothy L. Sayers · 1947Elaine Miller1 quote
Adolescence is a marketing tool. — Elaine Miller · 2000Elmer Wheeler1 quote
Don't sell the steak; sell the sizzle. It is the sizzle that sells the steak and not the cow, although the cow is, of course, mighty important. — Elmer Wheeler · 1936Mark Twain1 quote
In order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain. — Mark Twain · 1876Marshall McLuhan1 quote
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century. — Marshall McLuhan · 1976Norman Douglas1 quote
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. — Norman Douglas · 1917Stephen Leacock1 quote
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it. — Stephen Leacock · 1924Tyler Durden1 quote
Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need. — Tyler Durden · 1999