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Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.

It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.

When you think about advertisements, it makes sense that they want to hold and retain our attention.

The interesting thing about advertising is that the things that annoy us sometimes about it are really human. It's us looking at ourselves - and like all human endeavors it's imperfect.

Advertising is the edge of what people know how to do and of human experience and it explains the latest ways progress has changed us to ourselves.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is - quite often - alive to our real needs. It's just the products on offer might not be the things that will help us satisfy them.

People don't generally like advertising that takes a stand.

Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good.

A lot of advertising has gotten worse. I think it's kind of lost its nerve, to be honest with you. I feel like the advertising of the '60s, they were nervier. You know why? Because there was less at stake.