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Some funny quotes:

Link:http://advertising.utexas.edu/research/quotes/Q100.html

"Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it."

- Stephen Butler Leacock, quoted in Michael Jackman, Crown's Book of Political Quotations, 1982, New York: Crown Publishing Inc., p. 1.

"Advertising - a judicious mixture of flattery and threats."

- Northrop Frye, quoted in Robert I. Fitzhenry, The Fitzhenry & Whiteside Book of Quotations, 1993, Canada: Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, p. 18.

"Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret . . . to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink."

- Leo Burnett, quoted by Joan Kufrin, Leo Burnett: Star Reacher(1995), Chicago, IL: Leo Burnett Company, Inc., p. 54.

Advertising is the principal reason why the business man has come to inherit the earth."

- James Randolph Adams, quoted in John P. Bradley, Leo F. Daniels & Thomas C. Jones, The International Dictionary of Thoughts, 1969, Chicago, IL: J. G. Ferguson Publishing Co., p. 12.

"Advertising is of the very essence of democracy. An election goes on every minute of the business day across the counters of hundreds of thousands of stores and shops where the customers state their preferences and determine which manufacturer and which product shall be the leader today, and which shall lead tomorrow."

- Bruce Barton (1955), chairman of BBDO, quoted in James B. Simpson, Contemporary Quotations, 1964, Binghamton, NY: Vail-Ballou Press, p. 82.

Advertising is "[a] ten billion dollar a year misunderstanding with the public."

- Chester L. Posey, Senior V.P. & Creative Director, McCann Erickson

"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."

- Rosser Reeves, Reality in Advertising (1986), New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., p. 145.

"Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread."

- Jef I. Richards (1995), advertising professor, The University of Texas at Austin.

"Advertising is legalized lying."

- H.G. Wells, quoted in Michael Jackman, Crown's Book of Political Quotations, 1982, New York: Crown Publishing Inc., p. 2.
 

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"Advertising may or may not be a huge waste of business resources, time, and energy".

Waxman, 1/8/08

"Advertising may or may not create amazingly bountiful success in business."

Waxman, 1/8/08:D
 
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