blog
blog
Out of context: Reply #4504
- Started
- Last post
- 76,740 Responses
- ********0
DAVID OGILVY, who has just died, aged 88, was the supreme advertising man and publicist, no less than of himself.
When he was a young man he got a job in the United States with Dr George Gallup, of the poll fame, for a measly 40 dollars a week but Ogilvy reckoned what he lost in money he gained in experience, and the privilege of working with Gallup.
He said Gallup gave him three pearls of wisdom which he remembered all his life, and presumably put into effect:
When you find it impossible to refuse something, do it with good grace.
If you do not know the answer to a question, confuse the issue.
If you foul the air in someone else's bathroom, make sure you light a match before you leave.