#advertising

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print. ↗

— Daniel Starch

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History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

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I don't think there is enough educational programming, but unfortunately, television is built around advertising and those shows don't get the big ratings. ↗

— Will McDonough

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Ideally, advertising aims at the goal of a programmed harmony among all human impulses and aspirations and endeavors. Using handicraft methods, it stretches out toward the ultimate electronic goal of a collective consciousness. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

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There are plenty of people who are willing to pay $2.6 million for 30 seconds on the Super Bowl and hundreds of thousands of dollars for 'American Idol.' There will be advertising dollars on the Internet. We're there as well. We win either way. ↗

— Leslie Moonves

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Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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Some manufacturers illustrate their advertisements with abstract paintings. I would only do this if I wished to conceal from the reader what I was advertising. ↗

— David Ogilvy

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Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. ↗

— George Orwell

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