Advertising Quote by David Ogilvy

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

In the end, advertising rests upon the fact that consumers are a fickle and superstitious mob, incapable of any real judgment as to what…

— Walter Lippmann

Consumers know precisely what's wrong with advertising. Be it TV or print or whatever, they know that advertising is never creative enough ... never…

— Phil Dusenberry

Advertising is far from impotent or harmless; it is not a mere mirror image. Its power is real, and on the brink of a…

— Eric Clark

Advertising is the way great brands get to be great brands.

— Al Ries

Nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.

— David Ogilvy

Sometimes, the advertising is better than the product. Nothing kills a bad product faster than good advertising. Everyone tries the thing and never buys…

— Jerry Della Femina

Advertising agencies don't care about a better world in the end. They are servants of their client: what the client wants is what they…

— Oliviero Toscani

Advertising is so touchy-feely. You have to speak to the psyche of the people. I'm not very good at that.

— Thomas Peterffy

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no…

— David Riesman

There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do…

— Jerry Della Femina

Companies spend twenty, thirty, forty percent of revenues on advertising to brand their product and to get, essentially, acquire customers cheaply. You get a…

— Bill Wyman