Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.
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Related Don't bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. DAVID OGILVY Public money should be spent on art but through individuals not committees. ANTONY GORMLEY The consumer isn't a moron. She is your wife. DAVID OGILVY Dirk sets up management committees, steering committees. He is the preeminent organizer. LEE CULPEPPER Not even computers will replace committees, because committees buy computers. EDWARD SHEPHERD MEAD Government likes committees... a lot. Committees kill all the really good ideas and generally all th... BETSY DEVOS Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees. WILL ROGERS Be kind. We never know what people are going through. Give grace and mercy because one day your circ... GERMANY KENT Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees. WILL ROGERS A few states have taken redistricting out of the hands of partisans and put them in the hands of fai... BOB BECKEL It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees ... HANS FRANK (At that time) none of the city committees had women in them and no women were on the city council. CONNIE ROGERS Shara now sits on committees that decide who shall be nominated to be committee chairs for other com... ROBERT JACKSON BENNETT Committees would have longer to work on them. We need to do a biennial budget. JEFF SESSIONS All I mean is that a board of directors is one or two ambitious men--and a lot of ballast. I mean th... AYN RAND The State, that craving rookery of committees and subcommittees. V. S. PRITCHETT I can't say that my disability has helped my work, but it has allowed me to concentrate on resea... STEPHEN HAWKING Bills ought to be passed with deliberation by committees. Change should be achieved in a bipartisan ... ALEXANDRA PETRI We are cooperating with all of the committees in Congress, ARTHUR ANDERSEN Advertising is a business of words, but advertising agencies are infested with men and women who can... DAVID OGILVY Committees kill unconventional ideas for a living. MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA I know of a brewer who sells more of his beer to the people who never see his advertising than to th... DAVID OGILVY The whole premise of these committees is to appropriately place them? There are no geographic bounda... NINA VAN ERK As debate is rare in the House of Representatives, since nearly all real business is done in the com... D. W. BROGAN We have local autonomy. This doesn't affect the county committees. FRANK MACKAY Congressional committees used to have to build a substantial case of presidential involvement in wro... CHARLES TIEFER I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. G. K. CHESTERTON Guests can be, and often are, delightful, but they should never
be allowed to get the upper hand. COUNTESS ELIZABETH VON ARNIM ("COUNTESS ELIZABETH MARY RUSSELL") If you ask people what attracted them to the person they love, they never tell you of some perfect f... EUGENE KENNEDY I've had good results working with David on committees and on things that need to be passed. David i... DON BELL I hate being placed on committees. They are always having meetings at which half are absent and the ... OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work. DR. LAURENCE J. PETER I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. WALTER LEGGE It raises the question in my mind, how much did the credentialing committees know about previous beh... NANCY ADAMS At the league level -- and I sit on the committees that talk about this stuff -- they want to do eve... MIKE HOLMGREN Many of the scandals sweeping over Capitol Hill are the product of loose ethics enforcement in Congr... FRANK CLEMENTE The Nobel award occasions a unique celebration of the vision of science by the public at large. The ... KENNETH G. WILSON Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; th... ERNEST MANDEL Only under conditions of revolutionary crises do you have the highest level of self-organization; th... ERNEST MANDEL At the league level -- and I sit on the committees that talk about this stuff -- they want to do eve... MIKE HOLMGREN I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of
committees. G.K CHESTERTON It's kind of troublesome. They're getting around the intent of the law to require that parties and c... BEN WILCOX I think ultimately audience members like to see someone controlling the quality of a film. A lot of ... JOHN CARNEY Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it. WILLIAM BERNBACH Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it. WILLIAM BERNBACH That's really sad," Beth said softly, "To have no one left. R.J. SCOTT The proposal was the result of good faith negotiations between the company and the union bargaining ... JOE STOUT Kindness is universal. Sometimes being kind allows others to see the goodness in humanity through yo... GERMANY KENT Congress has to take a role in terms of intelligence that is unlike anything they do in any other au... BURTON GERBER He's certainly coming in at the deep end in one of the most partisan committees in the House. ERIC BURNS The network and local TV angle of broadcast television has received a black eye for not properly deb... MARK E. HYMAN Just because Democrats control committees doesn't mean they have an easy working coalition. There's ... CHARLES GABRIEL If they can find out about [committees] on Get on Board Day and then have a week to turn in their ap... BRITTANY LOPER Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work. ALAN BULLOCK It would make sense to consider, and this is only under consideration, a committee that would be foc... CHRIS COX Basically everyone would be asking congressional committees for investigative documents and records. KEN JOHNSON The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. FAY WELDON Today, one must pay for a world where there is nothing to buy. GIRISH KOHLI You can't build a strong corporation with a lot of committees and a board that has to be consulted e... RUPERT MURDOCH He has the ability to talk intelligently and testify before committees ... and he is also the guy wh... BOB MICHAELS It’s not only about sadness. In truth, sadness really has little to do with it. Depression is pain... J.A. REDMERSKI I feel that sex should be part of something more meaningful than just being something casual. Televi... CHARLOTTE RAE Introducing disclosure on short positions can bring more transparency to the market. You should be a... FRANCIS LUN There are at least two more witnesses ready to testify before the joint committees, AQUILINO PIMENTEL It's kind of typical campaign finance in Florida. You find these wealthy special interests who are g... BEN WILCOX PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA The only thing you have to worry about is two or three inches in a short amount of time, other than ... BUTCH PHILLIPS Of all the committees I've ever served on, it's the absolute best professional experience I've ever ... JUDY ROSE I've searched all the parks in all the cities and found no statues of committees. GILBERT K. CHESTERTON The Bloc is actually a party that is very serious about the work it does in Parliament, either in co... ANTONIA MAIONI I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the... SAMUEL BUTLER I have limited expectations for both the House and Senate ethics committees. CRAIG HOLMAN The credit story did not change that much. I would have liked to see more color on how fast they wil... BRAD RUBIN Children are not the people of tomorrow, but are people of today. They have a right to be taken seri... JANUSZ KORCZAK I work on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees to keep us safe at home and strong in ... TIM KAINE It's a job you can be proud of. You can see the finished product. GARY MARTIN We probably have a little wiggle room on that March date, but not much. I'm still hopeful and I'm co... MIKE FLANAGAN There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all th... JERRY DELLA FEMINA The system is broken and must be fixed. We will expect these issues to receive serious consideration... SANDRA BOYD I don't know if I will run, ... interestingly, politically, you have a kind of tactical advantage wh... WARREN BEATTY The senate and congressional campaign committees keep getting more and more narrow in their targetin... WES BOYD The greatest things are accomplished by individual people, not by committees or companies. ALFRED A. MONTAPERT A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters wi... HERMAN KAHN While it may be true that the best advertising is word-of-mouth, never lose sight of the fact it als... JEF I. RICHARDS On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement. MARC MARON Why should they be allowed to deface the beautiful countryside and not pay some dollar amount in tax... ANITA DAVIS The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH May I never neither turn left nor turn right in my journey of life, but may I go straight to Christ ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretche... EMMA LAZARUS I would never criticize a federal judge, particularly if I had a court case in front of him, but you... BILL FLORES We find that advertising works the way the grass grows. You can never see it, but every week you hav... ANDY TARSHIS Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without ... ROSCOE CONKLING There's so much going on, and some of it is stuff you don't normally see on network television. FLODY SUAREZ One of the reasons why the Ten Commandments are so short and to the point is the fact they were give... H. G. HUTCHESON There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us.... DIANE FROLOV AND ANDREW SCHNEIDER He assumed there were no further limits in place because the governor went to court and invalidated ... LANCE OLSON How should I know?" said Alice, surprised at her own courage. "It's no business of mine." The Q... LEWIS CARROLL We cannot let go now. These bills are going before the money committees now. We can lose it all if w... STEPHANIE AVEIRO
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