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"Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread."
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"Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket."
"Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better."
"I was taken in by what might be called the Hard Times version of the Communists' advertising or recruiting technique."
"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."
"You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertising."
"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."
"What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form."
"The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be."
"I promised to have no partisan affiliation and no subsidy except advertising."
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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."
"Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it."
"Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby to their breast and declare, 'I want this child to grow up to be a media planner'?"
"There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time."
"The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?"
"In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species."
"While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it also can be the worst advertising."
"I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers."
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