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.
You may as well know that one American national trait which irritates many Americans and must be convenient for our critics is that we relentlessly advertise our imperfections.
We are advertised by our loving friends. (Henry VI)
The man who stops advertising to save money is like the man who stops the clock to save time.
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.
Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.
The codfish lays ten thousand eggs, The homely hen lays one; The codfish never cackles, To tell you when she’s done; And so we scorn the codfish, While the humble hen we prize; Which only goes to show you, That it pays to advertise.
I hate (advertising) because it irresponsibly induces discontent in people for one myopic goal, and then it leaves the debris of that process out there in the culture. An advertiser will happily make you feel bad about yourself if that will make you buy, say, a Bic pen.
