(1223 quotes found)
“Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.”
Will Rogers
“Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.”
Pope John Paul II
“The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma.”
Jef I. Richards
“If advertisers spent the same amount of money on improving their products as they do on advertising then they wouldn't have to advertise them.”
“There is more money wasted in advertising by underspending than by overspending. Years ago someone said that underspending in advertising is like buying a ticket halfway to Europe. You've spent your money but you never get there.”
Morris Hite
“I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.”
Lee Clow
“Advertising mourishes the consuming power of men. It sets up before a man the goal of a better home, better clothing, better food for himself and his family. It spurs individual exertion and greater production.”
Winston Churchill
“What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.”
Abraham Lincoln
“We find that advertising works the way the grass grows. You can never see it, but every week you have to mow the lawn.”
Andy Tarshis
“I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is ransom notes...”
Philip Dusenberry
