Advertising Quote by Morris Hite

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

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, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good.

— Justin Cartwright

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

— Leo Burnett

Advertising as the printed form of selling would seem . . . ultimately to be justified in so far as it serves as a…

— Daniel Starch

Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if…

— Rosser Reeves

Advertising is full of great thinkers. This is a powerful industry and does a lot more than we take credit for.

— David Droga

“In fact quite generally, commercial advertising is fundamentally an effort to undermine markets. We should recognize that. If you’ve taken an economics course, you…

— Noam Chomsky

The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought…

— Samuel Johnson

Advertising tries to stimulate our sensuous desires, converting luxuries into necessities, but it only intensifies man's inner misery. The business world is bent on…

— Fulton J. Sheen

If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.

— Jef I. Richards

Advertising is the spur on the flank that keeps modern company-helping economy out of hand till the day common sense is restored, if ever…

— Robert W. Sarnoff