The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account. – David Ogilvy
The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years. – David Ogilvy
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. – David Ogilvy
Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found inferior to other products in the same field, the results have been disastrous. – David Ogilvy