Quotes on Advertising
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Norman Douglas (1868-1952) British author
Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.
George Orwell (1903-1950) British author
Publicity is the life of this culture — in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive —and at the same time publicity is its dream.
John Berger (b. 1926) British critic
We grew up founding our dreams on the infinite promise of American advertising.
Zelda Fitzgerald (1900-1948) wife of E Scott Fitzgerald
The case cannot stand if it is the process of satisfying the wants that creates the wants.
John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908) American economist
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.
Marshall McLuhan (1911-1981) Canadian social scientist
Advertising agency: eighty-five percent confusion and fifteen percent commission.
Fred Allen (1894-1957) American comic