“Hard work never killed a man. Men die of boredom, psychological conflict, and disease. They do not die of hard work.”
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“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.”
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“The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife.”
― Confessions of an Advertising Man
― Confessions of an Advertising Man
“Never allow two people to do a job which one could do. George Washington observed, ‘Whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty by close application thereto, it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
― Ogilvy on Advertising
― Ogilvy on Advertising
“Where people aren’t having any fun, they seldom produce good work.”
― Confessions of an Advertising Man
― Confessions of an Advertising Man
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