Admap Direct: Quote Unquote

This is Tom Rayfield's final column for Admap and consists of 40 quotes on the communications industry which the author describes as a 'tear out and keep page for the next time you are making a speech'.

Admap Direct

Quote Unquote

Tom Rayfield.

This is a tear-out-and-keep column in case you find some bits of it useful next time you are making a speech. It is a collection of some of the quotes from the Wise and Great, which have helped to keep me relatively sane and happy after working in advertising for so many years.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. (Samuel Johnson)

I honestly believe that advertising is the most fun you can have with your clothes on. (Jerry Della Femina)

I am one who believes that one of the greatest...

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