The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it would be written in a letter or told to an acquaintance.

Quote by George P Rowell

Topics: Advertising Quotes, Writing Quotes

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a...

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...

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.

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...

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

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

Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at....

Just because your ad looks good is no insurance that it will get looked at....

The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising.

The product that will not sell without advertising will not sell profitably with advertising.

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and...

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...

Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know...

Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know...

No company that markets products or services to the consumer can remain a leader in...

No company that markets products or services to the consumer can remain a leader in...

Advertising practitioners are interpreters. But unlike foreign language interpreters, adpeople must constantly learn new languages....

Advertising practitioners are interpreters. But unlike foreign language interpreters, adpeople must constantly learn new languages....

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and...

Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and...

It takes an ad to do that well.

It takes an ad to do that well.

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,...

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...

The price of justice is eternal publicity

The price of justice is eternal publicity

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the...

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the...