“Lying and cheating in advertising, in the long run, are commercial suicide. Dishonesty in advertising destroys not only confidence in advertising, but also in the medium which carries the dishonest advertisement. . . . No one can be ill in a community without endangering others; no advertiser can be dishonest without casting suspicion upon others.” LongRunningLyingCommunitySuicideIllMediumsAdvertisingCheatingCarrieLong RunsSuspicionCastingDishonestyAdvertisementsAdvertisersLying And Cheating Author:Daniel Starch
“Advertising is the modern substitute for argument, its function is to make the worse appear the better article. A confused competition of all propagandas -- those insults to human nature -- is carried on by the most expert psychological methods -- for instance, by always repeating a lie.” HumansLyingModernHuman NatureArgumentFunctionMethodCompetitionPsychologicalAdvertisingInstancePropagandaExpertsConfusedInsultSubstitutesArticles Book:The Works of George Santayana Source: The Works of George Santayana
“Pitching was about fooling people, manipulating them, making them believe in something that ultimately wasn't there. Great pitching was great lying.” PeopleBelieveLyingAdvertisingPropagandaPersuasionPitching Book:Move on: adventures in the real world Source: Move on: adventures in the real world
“In my firm, we dealt in lies. Advertising is that ... the skilful use of the truth to mislead, to spoil, to debase.” UseLyingAdvertisingFirmSpoilMislead Book:The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell Source: The Journal of Mary Hervey Russell
“There's no such thing as a war against terrorism. It's idiotic. These are slogans. These are lies. It's advertising, which is the only art form we ever invented and developed.” ArtWarFormLyingTerrorismAdvertisingSlogansIdiotic Author:Gore Vidal