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.

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

Creativity is an advertising agency's most valuable asset, because it is the rarest.

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.

In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species.

Advertising is the 'wonder' in Wonder Bread.

The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma.

I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers.

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?

Advertising is speech. It's regulated because it's often effective speech.

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.

In advertising, sex sells. But only if you're selling sex.

Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers.

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'?

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.

Creative without strategy is called 'art.' Creative with strategy is called 'advertising.'

I wish all consumers were as gullible as advertising's biggest critics. Anyone who believes advertising is that powerful will believe almost anything.

If its not done ethically, advertising won't be trusted. If consumers don't trust it, advertising is pointless.

Creative without strategy is called art.' Creative with strategy is called advertising'.

Commercial speech is like obscenity... we cant seem to define it but we know it when we see it.

There is no such thing as a Mass Mind. The Mass Audience is made up of individuals, and good advertising is written always from one person to another. When it is aimed at millions it rarely moves anyone.

Religious advertising is undergoing a dramatic conversion.

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope.

The simplest definition of advertising, and one that will probably meet the test of critical examination, is that advertising is selling in print.

In advertising, not to be different is virtual suicide.

It is not the purpose of the ad or commercial to make the reader or listener say, 'My what a clever ad.' It is the purpose of advertising to make the reader say, 'I believe I'll buy one when I'm shopping tomorrow'.

Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.

I saw a subliminal advertising executive, but only for a second.

I have learned that trying to guess what the boss or the client wants is the most debilitating of all influences in the creation of good advertising.

Advertising is totally unnecessary. Unless you hope to make money.

Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths.

It is not unprofessional to give free legal advice, but advertising that the first visit will be free is a bit like a fox telling chickens he will not bite them until they cross the threshold of the hen house.

More traffic means more advertising dollars.

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.

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.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.

Magazines and advertising are flogging the idea that you have to keep changing things and get something new. I think that's balls - evil. But obviously that's your livelihood.

I can't say the advertising model is obsolete yet but it doesn't make a lot of sense in the long range.

Advertising says to people, 'Here's what we've got. Here's what it will do for you. Here's how to get it.'

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.

They say that Madison Avenue will only pay high dollars in advertising if they get the 18-35 age range.

I'm not in the advertising business, but I think it would be very nice if people went to see the film Hamlet, because it was made with love and integrity.

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

A good basic selling idea, involvement and relevancy, of course, are as important as ever, but in the advertising din of today, unless you make yourself noticed and believed, you ain't got nothin'.

We have always said that advertising is just the icing on the cake. It is not the cake.

Great designers seldom make great advertising men, because they get overcome by the beauty of the picture - and forget that merchandise must be sold.

Creativity is an advertising agency's most valuable asset, because it is the rarest.