Quotes about Ads

Ads are the cave art of the twentieth century. Votes: 6

Nobody counts the number of ads you run; they just remember the impression you make. Votes: 4

And let's be clear: It's not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren't healthy. It's also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy. Votes: 4

Historians and archaeologists will one day discover that the ads of our time are the richest and most faithful reflections that any society ever made of its entire range of activities. Votes: 4

I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they're my heroes. Votes: 4

The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am. Votes: 4

I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive. Votes: 4

Ads shouldn't be in people's way. Votes: 3

Ads need to be little pieces of entertainment. Votes: 3

Writing good ads is easy when you have something to say. Votes: 3

There's a reason people run negative ads... it's because they work. Votes: 3

I never liked filming the ads, but they were so well received. Votes: 3

Television doesn't want to admit it has those dreadful roach ads on anyway. Votes: 3

Ads are carefully designed by the Madison Avenue frog-men of-the-mind for semiconscious exposure. Votes: 3

Ads represent the main channel of intellectual and artistic effort in the modern world. Votes: 3

Ads get a bad reputation sometimes because they're not useful. They're not relevant, or slow. Votes: 3

Too many ads that try not to go over the reader's head end up beneath his notice. Votes: 3

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth. Votes: 3

Ads sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth. Votes: 3

The power of ads rests more in the repetition of obvious exhortations than in the subtle transmission of values. Votes: 3

A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable. Votes: 3

I have learned that it is far easier to write a speech about good advertising than it is to write a good ad. Votes: 3

Ads featuring real women and real beauty are such a necessary component to offset the potentially dangerous programming out there for little girls. Votes: 3

Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing. Votes: 3

Ads are planned and written with some utterly wrong conception. They are written to please their seller. The interest of the buyer is forgotten Votes: 3

Ads are baked into content like chocolate chips into a cookie. Except, it's actually more like raisins into a cookie because no one [expletive] wants them there. Votes: 3

Ads which ran 30-50 years ago, even a hundred years ago, are often better than those you see today. You'll get great ideas to use in your marketing. Votes: 3

What this means is that the first week of every new series of ads will continue to yield softer results than you can expect to see in weeks two and three. Votes: 3

Ads answered out of desperation in the New York Review of Books proved equally futile as…the 'Bay Area Bisexual' told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires. Votes: 3

The vast majority of Americans agree with us. We're doing everything that we can. We're advertising, right now we're on television with an advertisement running in the Washington area. We've got newspaper ads. Votes: 3

Any ad consciously attended to is comical. Ads are not meant for conscious consumption. They are intended as subliminal pills for the subconsious in order to exercise an hypnotic spell, especially on sociologists. Votes: 3

Here you have a new technology, and if that technology is going to work, you must allow people to provide central indexes of the data. It's just like a newspaper that publishes classified ads. Votes: 3

The oppressed always learned from and copied the oppressor. When the tables were turned, the stage was set for another round of revenge and violence -- roles reversed. And reversed and reversed ad nauseam. Votes: 3

Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in the way that artists and writers always do with cultural material,. Votes: 3

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability. Votes: 3

Half of Google's revenue comes from selling text-based ads that are placed near search results and are related to the topic of the search. Another half of its revenues come from licensing its search technology to companies like Yahoo. Votes: 3

Its a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies. Votes: 3

Ads sell more than products. They sell values, they sell images. They sell concepts of love and sexuality, of success, and perhaps most important, of normalcy. To a great extent they tell us who we are and who we should be. Votes: 3

Despite what anti-aging ads say, growing older can be better. I feel better in my skin, 100 percent. You have greater effects of gravity, but the better sense of yourself you have is something I wouldn't trade. Women who lie about their age - 'why?' Votes: 3

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban school. Votes: 3

There should be a background check every time a firearm is transferred. You shouldn't be able to go to a gun show and buy guns without a background check. There are Internet gun sales, classified ads in the newspapers - and you can buy guns without background checks. Votes: 3

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury. Votes: 1

No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads they'll see tomorrow. Votes: 1

I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them. Votes: 1

People don't understand the logistics of advertising. To have the ads purchased and run, you need to have a series of products that work together. Votes: 1

A lot of consumers actively enjoy advertising, especially fashion print ads and clever TV commercials. The nostalgic cable channel TVLand features not only vintage shows but also vintage commercials. Votes: 1

I rarely listen to commercial radio, and when I do, I'm shocked by how many ads there are, and how annoying they are, and how bad the radio station usually is. Votes: 1

I worked in ad sales. I would call up local businesses and try to get them to buy ads in the paper. The whole time, I felt like I was just scamming people. Votes: 1

I showed what I can do with butter, right? Eighty-five percent increase in sales. I'm very proud of them Country Life ads. They were funny and clever and classy like the Toblerone ads I grew up with. Votes: 1

It's a wonderful thing to see a segment of our population that is open and eager to learn more about Chinese culture. It has filtered into the mainstream. You see credit-card ads on TV with white couples and Chinese babies. Votes: 1

In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities - real A-list Hollywood stars in America - the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims. Votes: 1

When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One of the restraints on the vitriol and the filth that so often is part of the American political debate is that candidates have to stand by their ads. Votes: 1

Here is what the practical impact of Citizens United means. What Citizens United means is that corporations call hundreds of millions of dollars into television ads, radio ads, and other forms of advertising to defeat those candidates who stand up and take them on. Votes: 1

Many billboards and magazine ads have resorted to showing isolated body parts rather than full-body portraits of models using or wearing products. This style of photography, known in the industry as abstract representation, allows the viewer to see himself in the advertisement, rather than the model. Votes: 1

Advertising isn't just the disruption of aesthetics, the insults to your intelligence and the interruption of your train of thought. At every company that sells ads, a significant portion of their engineering team spends their day tuning data mining, writing better code to collect all your personal data. Votes: 1

When 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' premiered on the WB Network in 1996, American culture was in trouble. Americans were bowling alone, pursuing individual interests to the detriment of the communal good. Business leaders were celebrating creativity and neglecting discipline. Nike's 'Just do it' ads were teaching young people to break the rules. Votes: 1

Americans born since World War II have grown up in a media-saturated environment. From childhood, we have developed a sort of advertising literacy, which combines appreciation for technique with skepticism about motives. We respond to ads with at least as much rhetorical intelligence as we apply to any other form of persuasion. Votes: 1

The Internet is all about accessing entertainment. Realistically, 50 to 80 percent of all traffic is people downloading stuff for free. If you can turn that huge market share into something that you can monetize, even if it is just with ads, you will end up making more money than with all other revenue streams combined. Votes: 1

The open web is full of spam, shady operators, and blatant falsehoods. Outside of a relatively small percentage of high quality sites, most of the web is chock full of popup ads and other interruptive come-ons. It's nearly impossible to find signal in that noise, and the web is in danger of being overrun by all that crap. Votes: 1

Marketers use big data profiling to predict who is about to get pregnant, who is likely to buy a new car, and who is about to change sexual orientations. That's how they know what ads to send to whom. The NSA, meanwhile, wants to know who is likely to commit an act of terrorism - and for this, they need us. Votes: 1

I hate negative ads in general. Votes: 0

My men's-underwear print ads are very popular! Votes: 0

I'm sure 50 percent of television ads use rhyme Votes: 0

Consumers never complain about ads being too smart. Votes: 0

Traditional ads placed into digital just shout at the consumer Votes: 0

Hey, what if those crop circles are just ads for Target? Votes: 0

When people see political ads, they think someone's lying to them. Votes: 0

I don't watch television. And certainly not ads; I loathe advertising. Votes: 0

Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads. Votes: 0

The party currently is about fund-raising and occasionally blasting out ads. Votes: 0

As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with. Votes: 0

The algorithms that orchestrate our ads are starting to orchestrate our lives. Votes: 0

I'm not a big fan of the high-altitude approach of mega TV ads. Votes: 0

Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic. Votes: 0

News is what people don't want you to print. Everything thing else is ads. Votes: 0

I liked writing the negative ads more than - because it's more minor chords. Votes: 0

You can't reach America's youth with off the mark radio ads or insulting television commercials Votes: 0

We have reached a strange new place in marketing when tweets become full-page print ads, Votes: 0

It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase. Votes: 0

Beneath this slab John Brown is stowed. He watched the ads, And not the road. Votes: 0

...only drugs make you feel as good as people in TV ads appear to be. Votes: 0

Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie stars. Votes: 0

Dealing with ads is depressing. You don't make anyone's life better by making advertisements work better. Votes: 0

I've done many ads because that's my new career. It's an inspiring extension for my mind. Votes: 0

There is no evidence that super PACs have led to a greater percentage of negative ads. Votes: 0

It's short-sighted to think ads won't one day end up wherever humans are - even the moon. Votes: 0

I like our ads. I like beautiful women eating burgers in bikinis. I think it's very American. Votes: 0

With all their attack ads, the President is just throwing away money...and he's pretty experienced at that. Votes: 0

Infiniti ads are part of an exciting new trend called "Advertising Whose Sole Purpose Is to Irritate You." Votes: 0

Dealing with ads is depressing. You don’t make anyone’s life better by making advertisements work better. Votes: 0

Publicists cater to bloggers because they can play them; bloggers cater to publicists because they want their ads. Votes: 0

I want to make it clear to people that the idea of putting subliminable messages into ads is ridiculous. Votes: 0

Answering ads rarely works for career changers because you have no experience in the job for which you're applying. Votes: 0

There are some people who only know me for cornflakes ads, and that's fine. I have a charmed life. Votes: 0

That's how I taught myself how to draw - tracing the ads and petting new clothes on the models. Votes: 0

The number of clicks on display ads is not an accurate predictor of the effectiveness of online display ads. Votes: 0

Web media needs to move to TV metaphor - with full-screen imagery and other content interrupted with full-screen ads. Votes: 0

The strategy of Tumblr is very elegant.. The atomic unit of user experience is the same as the ads. Votes: 0

Growing up I didn't have curvy role models, mainly because I didn't see enough curvy women represented in major ads. Votes: 0

It's totally true: Ariel, Christopher Owens, me, and Courtney Love, all in Saint Laurent ads, all with the same haircut. Votes: 0

When you run ads saying you are going to save social security, my friend, that's all hat and no cattle. Votes: 0

The Administration's policy on women is often hard to see because it is written in the font size of pharmaceutical ads. Votes: 0

More than 80% of our revenue comes from people viewing ads on mobile devices. Inside Twitter, we talk and think mobile first. Votes: 0

It's a matter of fact that Senator Obama has spent more money on negative ads than any political campaign in history. Votes: 0

We should all reevaluate advertising that contradicts what we know to be the truth; especially when the ads are harmfully manipulative. Votes: 0

Thank heaven Election Day is over. No more campaign ads, no more mud-slinging, no more candidates pretending they're straight. It's over! Votes: 0

Facebook and Myspace are the U.S. audience, which is tried and true when it comes to being susceptible to ads. Votes: 0

No one wakes up excited to see more advertising, no one goes to sleep thinking about the ads theyll see tomorrow. Votes: 0

As we're bombarded daily with new ads for pills, diets and ab-doers, we have to protect our wallets and our time. Votes: 0

The real fact of the matter is that nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes it's an ad. Votes: 0

It would be nice to spend billions on schools and roads, but right now that money is desperately needed for political ads. Votes: 0

I was able to work with two heads. If anything, doing ads and other commercial work were at least exercises in discipline. Votes: 0

I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns. Votes: 0

With the advent of wearable technology, companies will soon be able to better provide ads to customers based on their real-time activity. Votes: 0

Every joke is either taken by ads or The Simpsons. It's all about being able to get your ideas out into the universe. Votes: 0

The election is in full-swing. Republicans have taken out round-the-clock ads promoting George Bush. Don't we already have that? It's called Fox News. Votes: 0

Two people could look at the same flowers and feel differently about them. Why not? I'm not making ads. I couldn't care less. Votes: 0

I always wanted to be a model, never an actress. I would see children in ads and stuff and wanted to be like them. Votes: 0

To make [parents] happy, I went to Fordham University for three weeks, while at the same time running ads in Variety, "magician-actor David Copperfield." Votes: 0

Remember that the headline and the appeals are ONE AND THE SAME. In successful ads, the appeal is almost always expressed in the headline. Votes: 0

No one`s dropped a cent - there`s no negative ads up against Donald Trump in Iowa which is crazy to think about. Votes: 0

If it were a choice between putting ads on Wikipedia or shutting down Wikipedia, we would then very reluctantly consider putting ads on Wikipedia. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton spent hundreds of millions of dollars on negative ads on me, many of which are absolutely untrue. They're untrue. And they're misrepresentations. Votes: 0

... I have always fallen for ads. The sweetheart of J. Walter Thompson, I have a peasant-like belief in whatever miracle they profess to effect. Votes: 0

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling. Votes: 0

If people really don't want ads, they can go find their information however it is they want. It's a free world on that matter. Votes: 0

Classified ads of the Ku Klux Klan: Tired of all the games? Do you like racial purity, horses and dressing up like a ghost? Votes: 0

When I was younger and bands were formed that way, out of friendships rather than anything else. It wasn't like we put up want ads. Votes: 0

Starting with radio, starting with television, we got used to this idea of stuff being free as long as you just watch a few ads. Votes: 0

Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A lot of money. Votes: 0

I think daily deals are a good idea. Any ad people view as content is a good ad, and that's true for daily-deal ads too. Votes: 0

Although contemporary advertising is relatively young, it already has a considerable tradition. Each new ad is encountered against a background of thousands of earlier ads. Votes: 0

Norman Rockwell, the Brueghel of the 20th century bourgeoisie, the Holbein of Jell-O ads and magazine covers; by common assent, the most American artist of all. Votes: 0

I understand that Donald's [Trump] been strongly supported by the NRA. The gun lobby's on his side. They're running millions of dollars of ads against me. Votes: 0

I started noticing a lot of big companies are bored with ads; they feel sort of lost in the advertising world. They're not into magazines anymore. Votes: 0

The only readers we get are people whom our subject interests. No one reads ads for amusement, long or short... Give them enough to take action Votes: 0

I struggle as a writer, and I'm convinced that if I was at school now, I'd be termed as having ADS. Two minutes and I'm drifting. Votes: 0

I love design in general, the creativity. Whether it is golf courses, my apparel line, ads we do or our business with AriZona, design is fun. Votes: 0

The Tea Party elites gained extraordinary influence by being able to funnel millions of undisclosed dollars into campaigns with ads that distort the truth and attack government. Votes: 0

Most ads are about the product or the company that makes it...the best ads are about the customer and how the product will change his life. Votes: 0

One of the things that was probably to Dad's discredit was that he was never a fund-raiser. But he didn't live in an era of TV ads. Votes: 0

Generally, our approach with products at Google is to first develop the right user base and then to figure out what's the right experience for the ads. Votes: 0

To people who make moving ads that block the view of websites: Not only will we not buy from you, but we want shrews to eat your liver. Votes: 0

I did some great work with my Calvin Klein ads on the motorcycle. It was really groundbreaking because people hadn't seen a woman actually riding a motorcycle before. Votes: 0

The aim is to influence customers to use your product on their own, again and again without relying on overt calls to action such as ads or promotions. Votes: 0

I used to see Estee Lauder's ads everywhere in the subways of Beijing, and I thought how wonderful it would be if the model on them was myself! Votes: 0

Cable boxes are, almost without exception, awful. They're under-powered computers running very badly designed software. Their channel guides are slow, poorly laid out, and usually riddled with ads. Votes: 0

Expensive, well-executed, and familiar ads convince the investors, as nothing in the black and white tables of assets and debits can, that the company is important and prosperous. Votes: 0

It's the relationships between people that are more important than the sort of far away fantasies of what the good life is, the world of supermodels and Bud ads. Votes: 0

When I see those ads with the quote 'You'll have to see this picture twice,' I know it's the kind of picture I don't want to see once. Votes: 0

You haven't seen me in my own ads. You don't see my logo all over my clothes. From the beginning, I wanted the clothes to stand on their own. Votes: 0

Why can't science work on making women more entitled in general? Or at least get us to listen to those L'Oreal ads that tell us how we're worth it? Votes: 0

If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity. I still consider myself a punk-rock kid. Votes: 0

Few parents teach their children how phoney the ads on TV are, how many lies and exaggerations they contain. How could they? These parents were also raised on television ballyhoo. Votes: 0

Politico reports, multiple advisers to the Right To Rise super Pac concede privately that the $40 million spent on positive ads aimed at telling Bush`s story yielded no tangible dividends. Votes: 0

The Democrats' ads convince me that Governor Romney can't sing, but his record convinces me he knows how to lead, and I think you know which skill we need more. Votes: 0

Everywhere I look, there are ads marking Mother's Day. Mostly they conform to stereotype: flowers, jewelry, perfume. Not a lot of books. Not many computers. Few tools. Little that's useful. Votes: 0

Market research shows that older women like seeing older women in ads, and that younger women do, too - because they see them and are not frightened of growing older. Votes: 0

These days, of course, the focus of talk about popular liberation through products is mostly associated with the Internet. I've been collecting computer ads and ads dealing with Internet industries. Votes: 0

The first ads for medical marijuana have started airing on television in California. The ads are quite expensive. It costs a lot of money to buy 30 seconds during 'Spongebob Squarepants.' Votes: 0

Most ads are ignored because every customer has a mental filter that evaluates and dismisses both of these languages of Ad-Speak with a single question: What are they not telling me? Votes: 0

America Online, of course, is a master of the hard sell, from stuffing mailboxes with free trial offers to forcing subscribers to click through ads before they can get their e-mail. Votes: 0

The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was running ads condemning [Donald] Trump, characterizing Trump, marginalizing Trump. Votes: 0

In general, I think man-on-the- street ads and endorsement spots are having less and less effect on people. The electorate's getting very sophisticated, and they want to make their own judgments. Votes: 0

The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was running ads condemning [Donald] Trump, characterizing Trump, marginalizing Trump. Votes: 0

I don't think anything will change until Americans revolt and get it into their heads that they need to be informed voters instead of just listening to the paid political ads. Votes: 0

My reading list grows exponentially. Every time I read a book, it'll mention three other books I feel I have to read. It's like a particularly relentless series of pop-up ads. Votes: 0

When I first drove my car down Sunset Strip, I nearly crashed my car gazing at the monolithic ads of various celebrities. They are bigger than King Kong, and more frightening. Votes: 0

In the last couple of weeks I have seen the ads for the Wonder Bra. Is that really a problem in this country? Men not paying enough attention to women's breasts? Votes: 0

I'm a big Sarah Michelle Gellar [Buffy the Vampire Slayer] fan. Huge. I love her. She's gorgeous. I see her Maybelline ads, and I'm like, 'How can she be that pretty?' Votes: 0

A lot of our Democratic consultants have fallen into the self-defeating prescription that the candidate that runs the most negative ads wins. I have a new theory: Positive is the new negative. Votes: 0

It was reported that Anna Kournikova is coming out with her own brand of deodorant. Apparently, the ads show Kournikova holding up her deodorant and saying now only her tennis game stinks. Votes: 0

If you look at the heritage of the best advertising, you can make stuff that is great for both readers and advertisers. I don't think Don Draper would have loved banner ads. Votes: 0

The Internet is both great and terrible. As a source of information, a tool for delivering music and art, it's great. But spamming ads and piracy of music is terrible. It's stealing. Votes: 0

I suspect I'm the only politician in America who won an election in this last cycle with TV ads saying I was going to try to pass the first single-payer system in America. Votes: 0

I try to maintain a high level of coolness. Which means I've gotta look at lot of magazines. I've gotta look at a lot of ads to see what people want to wear. Votes: 0

It has no denim-toned house paint. Levi makes what is essentially a commodity: blue jeans. Its ads may evoke rugged outdoorsmanship, but Levi hasn't promoted any particular life style to sell other products. Votes: 0

Articles themselves are condensed to narrow columns of text across 5, 6, 7 pages, and ads that are really distracting for the reader, so it's not a pleasant experience to 'curl up' with a good website. Votes: 0

Living in the West, you see how there's only two versions of how Asian men are supposed to be. Either they're very nice, yuppie husbands with children in ads, or they're IT geeks. Votes: 0

I was asked to do TV ads for Macintosh. Nowadays, I think anybody would jump at that but, at the time, it didn't feel appropriate for what I was trying to stand for. Votes: 0

The campaign to put a woman on the $20 bill has narrowed the choices down to four finalists. The four finalists are Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Flo from the Progressive Insurance ads. Votes: 0

I see TV ads about detergents that can get blood stains out of your cloths. I say if you have blood stains on your cloths you should be thinking about something other than laundry. Votes: 0

When you buy toothpaste or detergent or gas, that is now used for the first time in your lifetime or my lifetime to support candidates in so-called 'independent ads.' Same thing for unions. Votes: 0

Sooner or later, people are going to figure out if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future or you're not ready to articulate it. Votes: 0

We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it's going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don't need to exclude anyone. Votes: 0

When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors. Votes: 0

I ordered a Kindle 2 from Amazon. How could I not? There were banner ads for it all over the Web. Whenever I went to the Amazon Web site, I was urged to buy one. Votes: 0

Nothing's going to keep me from making music. If I were in the want-ads in the back of the paper or playing to six people at a coffee shop, I'd still love to make music. Votes: 0

Today, you've got hedge fund billionaires aligned with Karl Rove, running ads against me to try to get Democrats to vote for you [Bernie Sanders]. I know this game. I'm going to stop this game. Votes: 0

In the Mac vs. PC ads, Apple bills itself as the antidote to Microsoft. To love Apple wasn't to sell out. It was to buy in. Most people use PCs, but Apple has the mindshare. Votes: 0

They tell us in magazines and in ads, 'Oh, you should look like this, you should wear this, you should look like this movie star, or you're nothing.' And so we're all totally unsatisfied. Votes: 0

One thing I've always been concerned about is the objectification of women in ads, and that's one thing where I was like, 'Well, if I become a part of advertising, I could change that.' Votes: 0