47+ Best Advertising Quotes: Exclusive Selection

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Famous Advertising Quotes

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain

Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. Bill Bernbach

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad. Howard Luck Gossage

We need to stop interrupting what people are interested in & be what people are interested in. Craig Davis

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar. David Ogilvy

Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it’s an ad. Howard Luck Gossage

Every time a message seems to grab us, and we think, ‘I just might try it,’ we are at the nexus of choice and persuasion that is advertising. Andrew Hacker

Rules are what the artist breaks; the memorable never emerged from a formula Bill Bernbach

What really decides consumers to buy or not to buy is the content of your advertising, not its form. David Ogilvy

By definition, remarkable things get remarked upon Seth Godin

A good advertisement is one which sells the product without drawing attention to itself. 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

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. Leo Burnett

Advertising is only evil when it advertises evil things. David Ogivly

 Creativity about life, in all aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Leo Burnett

If dogs don’t like your dog food, the packaging doesn’t matter Stephen Denny

An ad is finished only when you no longer can find a single element to remove. Robert Fleege

Give them quality. That’s the best kind of advertising. Milton Hershey

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn’t want your own family to read. You wouldn’t tell lies to your own wife. Don’t tell them to mine. Do as you would be done by. If you tell lies about a product, you will be found out David Ogilvy

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. Leonardo Da Vinci

Great content is the best sales tool in the world Marcus Sheridan

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at Leo Burnett

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

If you want to understand how a lion hunts, don’t go to the zoo. Go to the jungle. Jim Stengel

Brands should think of themselves not as storytellers but story builders. We plant seeds of content and let our community build on it. Amy Pascal

The aim of marketing is to know and understand the customer so well the product or service fits him and sells itself

Creative without strategy is called ‘art.’ Creative strategy is called ‘advertising. Jef I. Richards

Curiosity about life, in all its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Leo Burnett

To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted. George Kneller

Creativity may well be the last legal unfair competitive advantage we can take to run over the competition. Dave Trott

Be creative while inventing ideas, but be disciplined while implementing them. Amit Kalantri

Creativity without strategy is called art, creative with strategy is called advertising Prof. Jef L. Richards

Creativity is intelligence and having fun. Albert Einstein

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people William Butler Yeats

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible David Ogilvy

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. Peter Nivio Zarlenga

In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. Peter Nivio Zarlenga

Don’t tell me how good you make it; tell me how good it makes me when I use it. Leo Burnett

A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable. Bernice Fitz Gibbon

On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar. David Ogilvy

Curiosity about life, in all its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people. Leo Burnett

People spend money when and where they feel good Walt Disney

Creativity may well be the last legal unfair competitive advantage we can take to run over the competition. Dave Trott

Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time. Henry Ford

Advertising is the ability to sense, interpret  to put the very heart throbs of a business into type, paper and ink. Leo Burnett