"There's so much truly putrid advertising out there it's embarrassing. But not all advertising is bad. Some of it is really quite mediocre."

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"There's so much truly putrid advertising out there it's embarrassing. But not all advertising is bad. Some of it is really quite mediocre."

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"If advertising had a little more respect for the public, the public would have a lot more respect for advertising."

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"There is no such thing as a good or bad ad in isolation. What is good at one moment is bad at another. Research can trap you into the past."

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"Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is."

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"I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising."

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"Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn't sell much of anything."

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"I avoid clients for whom advertising is only a marginal factor in their marketing mix. They have an awkward tendency to raid their advertising appropriations whenever they need cash for other purposes."

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"You push the button, we do the rest."

George Eastman, American Inventor

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

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