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title: "2 Rules Grammar Quotes By David Ogilvy"
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> [“I don't know the rules of grammar. If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-don-t-know-the-rules-of-grammar-if-you-re-trying-to-persuade-people/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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> [I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-don-t-know-the-rules-of-grammar-if-you-re-trying-to-persuade-people-2/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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## More by David Ogilvy

> [I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-figure-that-my-staff-will-be-less-reluctant-to-work-overtime-if-i/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [In most agencies, account executives outnumber the copywriters two to one. If you were a dairy farmer, would you employ twice as many milkers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/in-most-agencies-account-executives-outnumber-the-copywriters-two-to/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [“Your alcoholics may include some of your brightest stars. The problem is to identify them, protected as they always are by their secretaries and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/your-alcoholics-may-include-some-of-your-brightest-stars-the-problem/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/it-takes-a-big-idea-to-attract-the-attention-of-consumers-and-get/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/many-manufacturers-secretly-question-whether-advertising-really-sells/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus, when I heard a mythical housewife say to another,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/once-upon-a-time-i-was-riding-on-the-top-of-a-first-avenue-bus-when-i/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [You can't save souls in an empty church.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/you-can-t-save-souls-in-an-empty-church/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/in-the-modern-world-of-business-it-is-useless-to-be-a-creative/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [Consumers don't think how they feel. They don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/consumers-don-t-think-how-they-feel-they-don-t-say-what-they-think/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [Compete with the immortals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/compete-with-the-immortals/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [You will never win fame and fortune unless you invent big ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/you-will-never-win-fame-and-fortune-unless-you-invent-big-ideas/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore. Foster any attempt to talk about other things; the longer you stay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/the-worst-fault-a-salesman-can-commit-is-to-be-a-bore-foster-any/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [I don't believe in tricky advertising, I don't believe in cute advertising, I don't believe in comic advertising. The people who perpetrate that kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-don-t-believe-in-tricky-advertising-i-don-t-believe-in-cute/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [I never assign a product to a writer unless I know that he is personally interested in it. Every time I have written a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/i-never-assign-a-product-to-a-writer-unless-i-know-that-he-is/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

> [Talent, I believe, is most likely to be found among nonconformists, dissenters, and rebels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/talent-i-believe-is-most-likely-to-be-found-among-nonconformists/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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