Advertising Quotes

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.
Abraham Lincoln

Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.
Michael Schudson

Advertising has done more to cause the social unrest of the 20th century than any other single factor.
Clare Boothe Luce


The caterpillar does all the work but the butterfly gets all the publicity
~ George Carlin


The very first law in advertising is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully vague. ~Bill Cosby


Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. ~J.B. Priestley

Advertising degrades the people it appeals to; it deprives them of their will to choose.
Carrie P. Snow

Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it.
William Bernbach


So long as there's a jingle in your head, television isn't free. ~Jason Love


Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths. ~Edgar A. Shoaff

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
~ Will Rogers