Quote of the day
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
Alan S. C. Ross

Born: 1907
Died: 1980 (aged 73)
Bio: Alan Strode Campbell Ross was a British academic specialising in linguistics. He is best remembered as the ultimate source and inspiration for Nancy Mitford's 'U and non-U' forms of behaviour and language usage.