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"Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares."
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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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"Advertising is, actually, a simple phenomenon in terms of economics. It is merely a substitute for a personal sales force - an extension, if you will, of the merchant who cries aloud his wares."

"You must make the product interesting, not just make the ad different. And that's what too many of the copywriters in the U.S. today don't yet understand."
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