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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.

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 don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do...

I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do...

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.

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...

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...

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...

I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract...

I did not feel 'evil' when I wrote advertisements for Puerto Rico. They helped attract...

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that...

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that...

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....

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

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...

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...

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud,...

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud,...

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

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