Advertising Quote by William Bernbach Download Open image “The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.” — William Bernbach ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Advertising Marketing Most powerful Powerful Truth
The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing is more believable than the product itself. — Leo Burnett Copy Share Image
We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative. — Christy Turlington Copy Share Image
Advertising is full of great thinkers. This is a powerful industry and does a lot more than we take credit for. — David Droga Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The most advertised commodity is not always intrinsically the best; but is sometimes merely the product of a company, with plenty of money to… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Truth isn't beauty. It isn't even always true. Truth is nothing more than consistency of message. I learned that from advertising. — Josh Kilmer-Purcell Copy Share Image
Nothing is so powerful as an insight into human nature... what compulsions drive a man, what instincts dominate his action. If you know these… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Forget words like 'hard sell' and 'soft sell.' That will only confuse you. Just be sure your advertising is saying something with substance, something… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of society. We can vulgarise that society. We can brutalise it. Or… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at. How many people do you know who are impeccably… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Our job is to sell our clients' merchandise... not ourselves. Our job is to kill the cleverness that makes us shine instead of the… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
The difference between the forgettable and the enduring is artistry. — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
Logic and over-analysis can immobilise and sterilize an idea. It's like love. The more you analyse it, the more it disappears. — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick,… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research… — William Bernbach Copy Share Image
I saw this anti-drug commercial that showed a kid smoking pot in his dad`s room with his friend. This kid finds a gun, the… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“Salesmanship is usually the art of making it the prospect’s problem, the salesperson’s need or desire to earn money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We have the capital, the resources, and the technology that we need to build a mobile advertising platform across the planet. — Naveen Tewari Copy Share Image
God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials. — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
I like Valentine's Day. The trouble is the florists and the candy-makers and the card people are all advertising so much, you don't dare… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
I happened to be spotted by a modeling agent who offered me a part-time job at 16. Everything happened very quickly after that -… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range. — Sharon Gless Copy Share Image
I've driven people mad on films that I've made - I want more takes; I want to try new lines. Then I want to… — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
This hype word bothers me though It always sounds like an accusation, what does it mean, advertising, column inches in the press? Bands themselves… — Holly Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm supposed to be taking time off. But I'm still writing and I have this Gap advert lined up. — Joss Stone Copy Share Image