Advertising Quote by Jef I. Richards

I do think the best thing for companies like Google and Facebook, if they are afraid of this ethical trap of advertising, is they…

— Tim Wu

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.

— Arnold J. Toynbee

Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable

— Leo Burnett

Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Advertising must respect the intelligence of its audience and if it does not prompt them to think, it will be instantly dismissed.

— Maurice Saatchi

Advertising is a non-moral force, like electricity, which not only illuminates but electrocutes. Its worth to civilization depends upon how it is used.

— J Walter Thompson

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

I don't see the point in false advertising.

— Taissa Farmiga

Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes.

— Howard Gossage

Good advertising does not just circulate information. It penetrates the public mind with desires and belief.

— Anonymous

Is advertising moral? It is part and parcel of the American free enterprise system... I challenge anybody to show any economic system that has…

— Morris Hite

The point of advertising is to destroy markets.

— Noam Chomsky