Inspirational Quotes & Positive Life Messages

Advertising Quotes - Profound and Inspirational

Quotes on Advertising, from the gurus of advertising like David Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, John Galbraith, James Collins and more.
  • Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things.

    ~ David Ogilvy
  • 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
  • A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself.

    ~ David Ogilvy
  • Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

    ~ George Orwell
  • A magazine is simply a device to induce people to read advertising.

    ~ James Collins
  • Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising'.

    ~ Jef Richards
  • It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless.

    ~ John Galbraith
  • I am one who believes that one of the greatest dangers of advertising is not that of misleading people, but that of boring them to death.

    ~ Leo Burnett
  • Regardless of the moral issue, dishonesty in advertising has proved very unprofitable

    ~ Leo Burnett
  • I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.

    ~ Stephen Wright