“ A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. David Ogilvy
“ I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information. David Ogilvy
“ I don't know the rules of grammar. If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language. David Ogilvy
“ 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… David Ogilvy
“ The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years. David Ogilvy
“ Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine. David Ogilvy
“ In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. David Ogilvy
“ The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything. David Ogilvy
“ Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product. David Ogilvy
“ 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… David Ogilvy
“ Remove advertising, disable a person or firm from proclaiming its wares and their merits, and the whole of society and of the economy is transformed. The enemies of advertising are the enemies of free… David Ogilvy
“ Can advertising foist an inferior product on the consumer? Bitter experience has taught me that it cannot. On those rare occasions when I have advertised products which consumer tests have found infer… David Ogilvy
