Half Quote by David Ogilvy

“One half was sad because I had damaged my reputation. The other half was happy because I had damaged my reputation.”

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I figure that my staff will be less reluctant to work overtime if I work longer hours than they do.

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“Your alcoholics may include some of your brightest stars. The problem is to identify them, protected as they always are by their secretaries and…

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It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big…

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Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if…

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Once upon a time I was riding on the top of a First Avenue bus, when I heard a mythical housewife say to another,…

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You can't save souls in an empty church.

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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.

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Consumers don't think how they feel. They don't say what they think and they don't do what they say.

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You will never win fame and fortune unless you invent big ideas.

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The worst fault a salesman can commit is to be a bore. Foster any attempt to talk about other things; the longer you stay…

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When you listen to someone improvise, the notes that are played are only half the story.

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Being blonde, for me, means never having to say: 'I'll have the honey-striped half-head of highlights for £200,' to a bored colourist in a…

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For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies.

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But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on…

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I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards…

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