Advertisements Quote by Anonymous

A desirable advertisement will be reasonable, but never dull ... original, but never self-conscious ... imaginative, but never misleading.

— Fairfax M. Cone

“I find it very disturbing to be advertised, as I have noticed that it is the advertised authors that stink. I am pretty sure…

— E. B. White

“Whether it honors them well or not, an essay’s fundamental obligations are supposed to be to the reader. The reader, on however unconscious a…

— David Foster Wallace

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises,…

— Samuel Johnson

The advertisement is one of the most interesting and difficult of modern literary forms.

— Aldous Huxley

Advertising is the art of the tiny. You have to tell a complete a story and deliver a complete message in a very encapsulated…

— Dick Wolf

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it…

— Anonymous

“Advertising is a craft executed by people who aspire to be artists, but is assessed by those who aspire to be scientists. I cannot…

— Luke Sullivan

“Dear Journal, I just realized that the key to advertising can be summed up in one word: Bullshit.”

— Whitney G

The only readers we get are people whom our subject interests. No one reads ads for amusement, long or short... Give them enough to…

— Claude C. Hopkins

“A local advertising periodical offered the following disclaimer: Just in case you find mistakes in this paper, please remember they were put there for…

— Terry Powell

“Advertising is profoundly manipulative at its core. Its imagery strives to deprive us of realistic ideas about love, sex, beauty, health, money, work, and…

— Jennifer L. Pozner