#gimmick

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#criticism #gimmick #itself #manson #marilyn

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway. ↗

— William Bernbach

#anyway #apart #exist #fall #gimmick

I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#been #gimmicks #got #i #i think

I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#feel #gimmick #hit #i #i feel

I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

#appearance #band #big #cultivated #gimmick

All my songs were solo voices. Just me singing. In fact, that was the gimmick - no gimmick. Just singing straight with not too much background. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#fact #gimmick #in fact #just #me

My incarceration was actually a positive thing from the beginning. I needed a gimmick to get my act going again, it gave me material. ↗

— Tommy Chong

#actually #again #beginning #gave #get

You gotta have a gimmick. ↗

— Ethel Merman

#gotta #you

Awards are only a publicity gimmick. ↗

— Tony Randall

#gimmick #only #publicity

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. ↗

— Richard Simmons

#equipment #gimmicks #pills #special #takes