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David Ogilvy Copywriter

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Jun 23, 1911
  • Died: Jul 21, 1999

David Mackenzie Ogilvy, CBE, was an advertising executive who was widely hailed as "The Father of Advertising". In 1962, Time called him "the most sought-after wizard in today's advertising industry."

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

Good copy can't be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You've got to believe in the product. being good

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

The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything. power

In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. business

Leaders grasp nettles. leadership

The best ideas come as jokes. Make your thinking as funny as possible. best & being funny

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

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

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them. society

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. family

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 more quotes from John Millington Synge

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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

27 more wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill