“When someone is made the head of an office in the Ogilvy & Mather chain, I send him a Matrioshka doll from… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Don't bunt. Aim out of the ball park. Aim for the company of immortals. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs. But if each… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
We exist to build the business of our clients. The recommendations we make to them should be the recommendations we would make… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
If you always hire people who are bigger than you are, we shall become a company of giants — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
We like people who are honest. Honest in argument, honest with clients, honest with suppliers, honest with the company - and above… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Why should a manufacturer bet his money, perhaps the future of his company, on your instinct? — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
In most agencies, account executives outnumber the copywriters two to one. If you were a dairy farmer, would you employ twice as many milkers… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
“Your alcoholics may include some of your brightest stars. The problem is to identify them, protected as they always are by their secretaries and… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus, when I heard a mythical housewife say to another,… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
Consumers don't think how they feel. They don't say what they think and they don't do what they say. — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore. Foster any attempt to talk about other things; the longer you stay… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
