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Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family t

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine. – 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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I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. – 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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I have… had a disturbing dream in which I break through a cave wall near Nag Hammadi and discover urns full of ancient Coptic scrolls. As I unfurl the first scroll, a subscription card to some Gnostic exercise magazine flutters out. – Colin McEnroe

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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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So long as there’s a jingle in your head, television isn’t free. – Jason Love

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Advertising is only another form of statistics. – Hartman Jule

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