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

Sales may lead to advertising as much as advertising leads to sales.

Advertising generally works to reinforce consumer trends rather than to initiate them.

If there are signs that Americans bow to the gods of advertising, there are equally indications that people find the gods ridiculous. It is part of the popular culture that advertisements are silly.

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

The story of journalism, on a day-to-day basis, is the story of the interaction of reporters and officials

Buy me and you will overcome the anxieties I have just reminded you of

American advertisers rely on 'essentially illogical' approaches to determine their advertising budgets.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

If advertising is not an official or state art, it is nonetheless clearly art.

Chances are that neither the client nor the agency will ever know very much about what role the ad has played in sales or profits of the client, either short-term or long-term.

Time is like the Mississippi River. It only flows in one direction. You can never go back.

Passion is a rather frightening thing because if you have passion you don't know where it will take you.

One did not love revolution. One embraced it with horror for the sake of the deliverance to follow.

[Paper Girls] is very much is about how we are thinking about our past and growing up.

Let anyone who has zeal for God come with me! Let us fight for our brothers! Let Heaven's will be done!

The kind of experience of humility and happiness that comes with gratitude tends to crowd out whatever is coarse, or ugly or mean.

I am never free of the past. I have made it crystal clear that I believe the past is part of the present which becomes part of the future.

I have a New Year's tradition. I lay all my travel dreams on the table, sort them out, prioritize, and begin the process of turning those dreams into reality.

I can't do anything too serious like Saddam Hussein, but I would like to do Bill Clinton. That'd be fun.