Unemployment, Inflation, Armpits and Crime - just not in that order

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You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements. – Norman Douglas

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket. – George Orwell

If you think advertising doesn’t pay – we understand there are 25 mountains in Colorado higher than Pikes Peak. Can you name one? – anonymous

Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. – Sinclair Lewis

Advertising is legalized lying. – H.G. Wells

They took a poll on Madison Avenue and here is what people in the advertising industry are worried about most: inflation, unemployment, crime, and armpits – not necessarily in that order. – Robert Orben

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising. – Thomas B. Macaulay