248 Quotes About Ads

  • Author Maurice Ptito
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    The ads are maybe not the best thing to discourage people (from smoking). If I have an addiction, why would I like look at something that reminds me I'm going to die?

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  • Author Nathaniel Persily
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    You're going to get a blizzard of ads on TV for the period of one to two months. The amount of spending per day will be astronomical.

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  • Author Rob Portman
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    The TV ads have been coming hot and heavy in Ohio. I think the Obama campaign has outspent the Romney campaign by two-to-one or three-to-one, depending on the analysis you look at. People are tired of the attacks already, and here we are in July.

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  • Author Sundar Pichai
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    Users are trying to discover apps; we are trying to improve the app discovery process, and developers are trying to reach users. If you step back, it's a problem we solved with search and ads in search.

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  • Author Virginia Postrel
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    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.

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  • Author Virginia Postrel
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    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.

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  • Author Robert Quine
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    I quit the tax job then and decided that I was going to play in a band. I answered ads in the Village Voice and went through two days of auditioning for bands.

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  • Author Stephen Quinn
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    Midyear last year, we really woke up to this and shifted our strategy. For years, we were quite focused on ourselves. The ads were set in the store environment and featured our associates. For a certain segment of the population, that was effective advertising.

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  • Author David Rebovich
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    Both candidates were running as agents of change, but instead of using their wealth to sell their agendas, these multimillionaires have squandered money on attacks. It's not that the charges are scandalous; this is the usual stuff we see in New Jersey. It's the amount of ads these guys have paid for.

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