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"Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them."
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"What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form."
"The headline is the 'ticket on the meat.' Use it to flag down readers who are prospects for the kind of product you are advertising."
"Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who cannot write. They cannot write advertisements, and they cannot write plans. They are helpless as deaf mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera."
"Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them."
"The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account."
"Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest."
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