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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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. – Douglas Adams

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The more facts you tell, the more you sell. An advertisements chance for success invariably increases as the number of pertinent merchandise facts included in the ad increases. – Dr. Charles Edwards

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The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. – Bill Cosby

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If you are writing about baloney, dont try and make it Cornish hen, because thats the worst kind of baloney there is. Just make it darn good baloney. – Leo Burnett

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Advertisers in general bear a large part of the responsibility for the deep feelings of inadequacy that drive women to psychiatrists, pills, or the bottle. – Marya Mannes, But Will It Sell?, 1964

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