The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
DAVID OGILVYThe advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
More David Ogilvy Quotes
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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
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Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising.
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The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.
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What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.
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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.
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I did not feel ‘evil’ when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract industry and tourists to a country which had been living on the edge of starvation for 400 years.
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Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.
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What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form.
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I notice increasing reluctance on the part of marketing executives to use judgment; they are coming to rely too much on research, and they use it as a drunkard uses a lamp post for support, rather than for illumination.
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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
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Leaders grasp nettles.
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Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
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The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can be more satisfying.
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Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
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