Advertising people who ignore research are as dangerous as generals who ignore decodes of enemy signals.
David OgilvyI don't believe in tricky advertising, I don't believe in cute advertising, I don't believe in comic advertising. The people who perpetrate that kind of advertising never had to sell anything in their lives
David OgilvyIf you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.
David OgilvySupposing you've got an acute appendicitis. You've got to be operated on tonight. Would you like to have a surgeon who's read some books of anatomy and knows how to do that operation - or would you prefer to have a surgeon who refused to read all books about anatomy and relied on his own instinct?
David Ogilvy