Been Quote by James Buchan

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.

— Clare Boothe Luce

Commercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is…

— Irving Babbitt

“But commercialism is the last sinkhole of love, and when reached, by paths of desperation and paths of cruelty, misused emotions—all hope is gone.…

— Harlan Ellison

“The modern mentality is the child of human pride puffed up by commercial advertising.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

What has happened now in mass media and advertising is not only that they've adopted the style and the look of fringe culture; that…

— Mark Hosler

A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it's kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel like the…

— Jerry Seinfeld

There's a lot of surplus rage from the '60s that was never really worked through publicly. I think a lot of that rage still…

— Rick Perlstein

“How can even the idea of rebellion against corporate culture stay meaningful when Chrysler Inc. advertises trucks by invoking “The Dodge Rebellion”? How is…

— David Foster Wallace

Every new industry has exuberance in advance of reality. The techies get carried away. There is a period of despair. Then the pendulum swings…

— Steve Jurvetson

“I am saddened by the modern system of advertising. Whatever evidence it offers of enterprise, ingenuity, impudence, and resource in certain individuals, it proves…

— Joseph Conrad

The technological landscape of the present day has enfranchised its own electorates - the inhabitants of the marketing zones in the consumer society, television…

— J. G. Ballard

We are on the cusp of a marketing revolution. And it's being led by YOU.

— Mark Schaefer