It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements and then attack it editorially - like inviting a man to dinner then spitting in his eye.

Quote by David Ogilvy

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Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's...

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....

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that...

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that...

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...

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.

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees....

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that...

Like a midwife, I make my living bringing new babies into the world, except that...

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything.

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything.

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is...

Every advertisement should be thought of as a contribution to the complex symbol which is...

There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television...

There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television...

You make the best products you can, and you grow as fast as you deserve...

You make the best products you can, and you grow as fast as you deserve...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...

Managing an advertising agency isn't all beer and skittles. After fourteen years of it, I...

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible.

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners...

First, make yourself a reputation for being a creative genius. Second, surround yourself with partners...

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...

Claude Hopkins... maintained that nobody with a college education could write an advertisement addressed to...

Claude Hopkins... maintained that nobody with a college education could write an advertisement addressed to...

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we...

There are very few men of genius in advertising agencies. But we need all we...

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the...

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the...

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that...

Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that...