David Ogilvy Quotes

I don't know the rules of grammar... If you're trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.

David Ogilvy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: businessman
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: June 23, 1911 - July 21, 1999

Topics

DayPeopleMeThinkLanguageYou

My life is not unlike Truman's. I can't go anywhere.

Jim Carrey

LifeMy LifeGoAnywhereUnlike

This is a business. Be smart. Choose wisely.

John Aniston

BusinessSmartChooseWisely

I could have had my husband put me on a lot of TV shows every day, but I chose not to. I am a serious businesswoman. I don't enjoy being out there on TV; it's not what I do well.

Jennifer Flavin

DayI AmMeHusbandEnjoyEvery Day

Strategic Work is all about the big questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? Tactical Work is all about answers: This is the system we use to do each task. This is how we do it, how we measure it, how we monitor it.

Michael Gerber

WorkQuestionsMeasureWhyTaskBig

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

Tom Selleck

GovernmentMeStand UpStandAmerica

Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind.

Robert Dale Owen

RespectDecisionEvilBoldnessEven

Regardless of the industry, antitrust law is meant to benefit consumers - not competitors.

Marvin Ammori

LawIndustryCompetitorsConsumers

I was working as a stockbroker in New York and had the seemingly perfect life.

Michael Masser

LifeNew YorkPerfectNewWorking

I'm very apolitical. I mean, after having covered politicians so much all my life, I basically have no belief in politics. But it's more of an attitude and a discipline in the way you approach life, I think, than it is just what lever you pull in a voting booth.

Liz Trotta

LifeAttitudeDisciplinePolitics

People think I'm kind and considerate and that I listen and evaluate and give each party a chance to talk. The public's perception of judges seems to be improving because of what I'm doing, and that makes me happy.

Joseph Wapner

HappyPeopleMePerceptionChance

I am not a very complex person. I believe in simplicity.

Disha Patani

I AmSimplicityBelievePersonVery

Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.

Christopher Walken

MeSpeakLanguageSaidFirstAlmost

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