Advertising is of the very essence of democracy. An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where the customers state their preferences and determine which manufacturer and which product shall be the leader today, and which shall lead tomorrow.
Bruce Barton
There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.
Jef I. Richards
Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising
Edgar Watson Howe
In advertising, sex sells. But only if you're selling sex.
Jef I. Richards
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Stephen Butler Leacock
I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.
William Bernbach
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless
Sinclair Lewis
In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.
William Bernbach
What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.
David Ogilvy
The most common trouble with advertising is that it tries too hard to impress people.
James Randolph Adams
If advertising had a little more respect for the public, the public would have a lot more respect for advertising.
James Randolph Adams
Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission
Fred Allen
Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.
Jef I. Richards