Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods,
particularly if the goods are worthless.
—Sinclair Lewis, 1922
Give them quality. That’s the best advertising in the world.
—Milton Hershey, 1953
9
Good wine needs no crier.
—European proverb
Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to
deceive the public.
10
—Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964
If a man deceives you once time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool.
—European proverb
***
Finance, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of
the manager.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906.
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
—Anonymous
11
The world of finance is a mysterious world in which […] evaporation precedes liquidation.
—Joseph Conrad, 1915
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
***
Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.
—Anonymous
12
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’.
—Don Marquis
13
9
Note the date. Perhaps at that time the words “Hershey” and “quality” were compatible.
10
It seems like this classification is applicable to most newspaper articles and politicians’ speeches
(and very unfortunately even some scientific papers) as well.
11
This quote is frequently attributed to Robert W. Sarnoff (in 1965-1969, the head of the RCA
Corporation), but I could not find a reliable confirmation of this authorship.
12
Perhaps based on a much longer line by Honoré de Balzac (circa 1834).
13
As quoted, without a date, by many, probably starting with Edward Anthony in 1962.
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137
particularly if the goods are worthless.
—Sinclair Lewis, 1922
Give them quality. That’s the best advertising in the world.
—Milton Hershey, 1953
9
Good wine needs no crier.
—European proverb
Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to
deceive the public.
10
—Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 1964
If a man deceives you once time, he is a rascal; if he does it twice, you are a fool.
—European proverb
***
Finance, n. The art or science of managing revenues and resources for the best advantage of
the manager.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906.
Finance is the art of passing money from hand to hand until it finally disappears.
—Anonymous
11
The world of finance is a mysterious world in which […] evaporation precedes liquidation.
—Joseph Conrad, 1915
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
***
Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.
—Anonymous
12
When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: ‘Whose?’.
—Don Marquis
13
9
Note the date. Perhaps at that time the words “Hershey” and “quality” were compatible.
10
It seems like this classification is applicable to most newspaper articles and politicians’ speeches
(and very unfortunately even some scientific papers) as well.
11
This quote is frequently attributed to Robert W. Sarnoff (in 1965-1969, the head of the RCA
Corporation), but I could not find a reliable confirmation of this authorship.
12
Perhaps based on a much longer line by Honoré de Balzac (circa 1834).
13
As quoted, without a date, by many, probably starting with Edward Anthony in 1962.
On Money and Wealth
137