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We admire people who work hard, who are objective and thorough. We detest office politicians, toadies, bullies, and pompous asses. We abhor ruthlessness. The way up our ladder is open to everybody. In promoting people to top jobs, we are influenced as much by their character as anything else.
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The psychiatrists say that everybody should have a hobby. The hobby I recommend is advertising
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Agencies which frequently work nights and weekends are more stimulating, more successful - and more profitable.
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I have an inviolable rule against employing nepots and spouses, because they breed politics. Whenever two people get married, one of them must depart - preferably the female, to look after the baby.
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If you ever find a man who is better than you are - hire him. If necessary, pay him more than you pay yourself.
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David Ogilvy
Born:
June 23, 1911
Died:
July 21, 1999
(aged 88)
Bio:
David Mackenzie Ogilvy was an advertising executive who was widely hailed as "The Father of Advertising". In 1962, Time called him "the most sought-after wizard in today's advertising industry".
Known for:
Ogilvy on Advertising (1983)
Confessions of an Advertising Man (1963)
An Autobiography (1978)
The Private Pilot's Licence (1987)
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