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

Quote by David Ogilvy

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Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't...

Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won't...

Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy...

Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy...

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I...

Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I...

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...

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with...

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with...

The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is test. If you pretest your...

The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is test. If you pretest your...

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body...

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body...

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.

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.

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another...

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another...

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell...

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell...

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...

If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out - either by...

If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out - either by...

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker...

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker...

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 more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.

The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be.

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric...

At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in this Rolls-Royce comes from the electric...

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....

The list of sins committed by advertising is limited only by the creativity of its...

The list of sins committed by advertising is limited only by the creativity of its...

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...