Folks with their wits about them knew that advertisements were just a pack of lies - you had only to look at the claims of patent medicines!

Quote by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Topics: Advertising Quotes

Advertising is selling Twinkies to adults.

Advertising is selling Twinkies to adults.

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...

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

Imagination... its limits are only those of the mind itself.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...

The work of an advertising agency is warmly and immediately human. It deals with human...

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look...

There is no need for advertisements to look like advertisements. If you make them look...

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.

Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread.

Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread.

Plan the sale when you plan the ad.

Plan the sale when you plan the ad.

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization...

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the...

Any seeming deception in a statement is costly, not only in the expense of the...

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

What you say in advertising is more important than how you say it.

Advertising didn't mix sex up with our daily lives. The great Marketeer in the sky...

Advertising didn't mix sex up with our daily lives. The great Marketeer in the sky...

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell...

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose... the...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...

The greatest thing to be achieved in advertising, in my opinion, is believability, and nothing...

I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising...

I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising...