Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Quote by Arnold Toynbee

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I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

I don't believe a committee can write a book. It can, oh, govern a country,...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Sooner or later, man has always had to decide whether he worships his own power...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

Compassion is the desire that moves the individual self to widen the scope of its...

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

As human beings, we are endowed with freedom of choice, and we cannot shuffle off...

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

History is a vision of God's creation on the move.

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

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

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.

Advertising is fundamentally persuasion and persuasion happens to be not a science, but an art.

If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers...

If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers...

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

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

The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational;...

The illogical man is what advertising is after. This is why advertising is so anti-rational;...

Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business urging us to buy...

Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business urging us to buy...

I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix....

I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix....

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore...

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity,...

Our society's values are being corrupted by advertising's insistence on the equation: Youth equals popularity,...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

The art of advertisement, after the American manner, has introduced into all our life such...

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day...

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day...