Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. – David Ogilvy
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
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years. – David Ogilvy
The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible. – David Ogilvy
I push every day against forces that say you have to go faster, be more effective, be more productive, you have to constantly outdo yourself, you have to constantly outdo your neighbor – all of the stuff that creates an incredibly productive society, but also a very neurotic one. – Elizabeth Gilbert