If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants.
DAVID OGILVYDon’t bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals.
More David Ogilvy Quotes
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Leaders grasp nettles.
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I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information.
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Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
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What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.
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Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.
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Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.
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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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Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.
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Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is the brand image.
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The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.
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It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially – like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye.
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On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.
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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.
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The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.
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Never stop testing, and your advertising will never stop improving.
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