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

Quote by David Ogilvy

Topics: Jokes Quotes, Marketing Quotes

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...

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....

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...

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.

You now have to decide what 'image' you want for your brand. Image means personality....

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...

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the...

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the...

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...

I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium...

I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium...

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...

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can...

The pursuit of excellence is less profitable than the pursuit of bigness, but it can...

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...

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements...

It strikes me as bad manners for a magazine to accept one of my advertisements...

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every...

A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every...

If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.

If it doesn't sell, it isn't creative.

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

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

Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive...

Many people - and I think I am one of them - are more productive...

I never tell one client that I cannot attend his sales convention because I have...

I never tell one client that I cannot attend his sales convention because I have...

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad...

If you can't turn yourself into your customer, you probably shouldn't be in the ad...

A lot of people think that the new economy is all about the internet. I...

A lot of people think that the new economy is all about the internet. I...

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the...

Sales are contingent upon the attitude of the salesman - not the attitude of the...