Quote by David Ogilvy
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Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon. – David Ogilvy

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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything. – David Ogilvy

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power
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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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Freedom
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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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Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market. – Robert Frost

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The basic rule of free enterprise: You must give in order to get. – Scott Alexander

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Big business never pays a nickel in taxes, according to Ralph Nader, who represents a big consumer organization that never pays a nickel in taxes. – Dave Barry

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Its a libel to say that I use my newspapers to support my other business interests. The fact is, I havent got any other business interests. – Rupert Murdoch

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