Desire Quote by Isaac Asimov

“Whenever manufacturers claim to be responding to a ‘need’, it seems that people have to be reminded through advertising in case they have forgotten…

— Gabrielle Palmer

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

— Fairfax M. Cone

The notion that you would initiate a new product without preparing the way by persuasion and advertising and salesmanship is fantastic. It's an integral…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Every time a message seems to grab us, and we think, 'I just might try it,' we are at the nexus of choice and…

— Andrew Hacker

“Clever advertising can convince people to try a bad product once. But it can’t convince them to buy a product they’ve already tried and…

— Robert W. Bly

“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

“If advertising simply provided information, it would be hard to object. But a lot of advertising makes us feel we need something that we…

— Gabrielle Palmer

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

— Al Ries

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

Have you ever considered what anxious thought, what consummate knowledge of human nature, what dearly-bought experiences go into the making of an advertisement?

— William John Locke

“Great marketers see potential customers as real people. They create campaigns that appeal to their, wants, needs and desires.”

— Stacey Kehoe

The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers feel compelled to buy and use its products even though they see through…

— Theodor Adorno