Keyword: Advertising

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


Characteristics Communication Honesty Lies Truth

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

(1869 – 1944) Canadian economist & humorist
Intelligence Money

Advertising: The rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist
Definitions

[Poker] as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency.

(1888 – 1959) detective novelist & screenwriter
Activities Communication Games

Advertising: That which makes you think you’ve longed all your life for something you never even heard of.

Communication Definitions

Advertising is 85% confusion and 15% commission.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian
Characteristics Communication Money

Marriage is a good deal like a circus: there is not as much in it as is represented in the advertising.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor
Marriage

I’ve written books on advertising… check books.

(1947 – ) English business magnate & media personality
Communication

If an item is advertised as "under $50," you can bet it's not $19.95.

Murphy’s Laws Shopping

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

(1909 – 1966) Polish poet, writer & aphorist
Characteristics Honesty Lies

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

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Communication

The sterile, arid environment created by truly jarring and discordant signage and gargantuan billboards is a turnoff.

(1946 – ) American comedian, actor & voice actor
Characteristics

Advertising: The rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist
Definitions