Marketing Quote by David Riesman

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

“All the fakeness just rolls right off them, maybe because the nonstop sales job of American life has instilled in them exceptionally high thresholds…

— Ben Fountain

“Advertising is the insidious whisper of the bad angel of commerce.”

— Leo Babauta

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

— Whitney G

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 legitimised lying.”

— H.G. Wells

“Don’t try to trick the prospect. Advertising is not a debate. It’s a seduction. The”

— Al Ries

I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.

— Jef I. Richards

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

It is pretty obvious that the debasement of the human mind caused by a constant flow of fraudulent advertising is no trivial thing. There…

— Raymond Chandler

“Never run advertising until the major publicity possibilities have been exploited.”

— Al Ries

“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