Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should neve… - David Ogilvy

Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.

Whatever you do, for goodness sake, don’t change the name of your corporation to initials.

Do not make the common mistake of regarding your clients as dopes. Make friends with them. Buy shares in their companies. But try not to become entangled in their politics. Emulate Talleyrand, who served France through seven regimes.

I admire people with gentle manners who treat other people as human beings. I abhor quarrelsome people. I abhor people who wage paper warfare.