Ads Quote by Dave Barry

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

Great advertising triggers an emotion in you. It has purpose. It touches a nerve, and that provokes a reaction.

— David Droga

The interesting thing about advertising is that the things that annoy us sometimes about it are really human. It's us looking at ourselves -…

— Jaron Lanier

Advertising ... is a parasitic activity; it forces goods for which there is no real need or demand on a foolish or even a…

— Ann Bridge

Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on…

— Fulton J. Sheen

Advertising is poison gas. It should bring tears to your eyes, unhinge your nervous system and knock you out.

— George Lois

A vast sector of modern advertising... does not appeal to reason but to emotion; like any other kind of hypnoid suggestion, it tries to…

— Erich Fromm

When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.

— Allen Klein

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused

— Samuel Johnson

Advertising is brilliant. It's an industry that spends billions and billions of dollars to get you to react the way it wants you to…

— Andi Zeisler

The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda…

— Jean Kilbourne

“In a culture of hyper-consumption the advertising industry has brainwashed many people into believing they can raise their status just by driving a particular…

— Stephen Richards