You’ve come a long way, baby. (1960s)
Advertising Quotes
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.
Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising and they wouldn’t have to advertise it.
We gave them posters and illustrated advertisements showing climbers hanging from marvelously vertical cliffs, cyclist champions upon the track, mounted messengers engaged in Aix-to-Ghent rides, soldiers lying out in action under a hot sun. “You can GO for twenty-four hours,” we declared, “on Tono-Bungay Chocolate.” We didn’t say whether you could return on the same […]
You can fool all the people all the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.
One third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two thirds provide.
Advertising is the genie which is transforming America into a place of comfort, luxury and ease for millions.
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
I’m not against advertising. It’s okay for Miller to tell us how good their beer is and it’s okay for politicians to tell us how great they are, but I don’t want to hear it from a doctor or a lawyer.
