What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans read more

What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?

If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are the drivers who keep read more

If commerce is the engine of our economy, then advertising is the spark. Responsible advertisers are the drivers who keep us on the right track, leading to a richer, more benevolent society.

When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and read more

When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs as you do, you can relax a little and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock, to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind, you draw large and startling figures.

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. read more

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting on a veritable clearance sale. Everything can be had so dirt cheap that one begins to wonder whether in the end anyone will want to make a bid.

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds read more

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor read more

For me, commerce is of trivial import; love, faith, truth of character, the aspiration of man, these are sacred; nor can I detach one duty, like you, from all other duties, and concentrate my forces mechanically on the payment of moneys

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that read more

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings them closer. A moment that lags - they're gonna cough.

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to read more

If there are twelve clowns in a ring, you can jump in the middle and start reciting Shakespeare, but to the audience, you'll just be the thirteenth clown