Quote by David Ogilvy
Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are i

Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera. – David Ogilvy

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Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom. – David Ogilvy

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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. – David Ogilvy

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