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Quote by Douglas Adams
First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we’ve realized it’s a brochure. – Douglas Adams

Other quotes by Douglas Adams

And wow! Hey! What’s this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like… ow… ound… round… ground! That’s it! That’s a good name — ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? – Douglas Adams

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Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules. – Douglas Adams

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Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read. – Leo Burnett

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Telling lies does not work in advertising. – Tim Bell

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Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsburys is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting. – Stephen Bayley

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Don’t tell my mother I work in an advertising agency — she thinks I play piano in a whorehouse. – Jacques Seguela

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