In a way, advertising, for all its shallowness, its love of design, its modishness and its self-justification, is curiously innocent. The idea of the hidden persuader or the manipulator is largely absurd.

— Justin Cartwright

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

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

I really love advertising art of the '50s and the way mid-century design was often represented in jazzy, fast art.

— Christopher McCulloch

I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old.

— Magnus Larsson

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.

— Warren E. Burger

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics.

— Isaac Asimov

I've always been scared of advertising folk. I've met them at parties, and I've been to their offices, and I've always found them intimidatingly cool. At one company I visited, they held their meetings in a caravan that had somehow been installed in the place, a rather more exotic place to gather than the typical BBC glass box.

— Evan Davis

Jon Miller would be amazing for Yahoo because he is perfect at building display advertising businesses and buying young startups.

— Jason Calacanis

Let advertisers spend the same amount of money improving their product that they do on advertising, and they wouldn't have to advertise it.

— Will Rogers

Let's face it: in advertising, you are paid more, but you die younger. It's not very forgiving. Like sports stars, you're in it during your better years, and then you're out looking for work.

— Jerry Della Femina