Famous Quotes

"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 mutes on the stage of the Metropolitan Opera."

David Ogilvy on Business

More quotes about Business

• "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."

  Mark Twain on Business

• "The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax."

  Albert Einstein on Business

• "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

  Colin Powell on Business

• "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all."

  Dale Carnegie on Business

• "If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."

  Abraham Lincoln on Business

More quotes by David Ogilvy

• "The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years."

• "I do not regard advertising as entertainment or an art form, but as a medium of information."

• "The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible."

• "Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon."

• "The consumer isn't a moron she is your wife."