Advertising Quotes

You’ve come a long way, baby. (1960s)

He who has a thing to sell, And goes and wishes in a well, Will not as likely get the dollars, As he who climbs a tree and hollars.

A good thing sells itself, a bad one advertises itself.

Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.

Does advertising corrupt editors? Yes it does, but fewer editors than you may suppose… the vast majority of editors are incorruptible.

Mark Twain once edited a paper in Missouri. One of his subscribers wrote to him that he had found a spider in his paper and wanted to know whether it meant good luck or bad. Mark’s answer: “Old Subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good luck nor bad luck for you. The […]

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults.

Advertising reaches out to touch the fantasy part of people’s lives. and you know, most people’s fantasies are pretty sad.

Advertising is legalized lying.