"Advertising causes conflicts at exactly the most vulnerable age for children to be in conflict with parents."
–Quoted by Jonathan Rowe "Modern Advertising: The Subtle Persuasion" Christian Science Monitor, 29 Jan 87

"Time spent in the advertising business seems to create a permanent deformity like the Chinese habit of foot-binding."
–Quoted in David S McLellan and David C Acheson eds Among Friends Dodd, Mead 80
Dean Acheson

"Advertising has always been the Peck's Bad Boy of American business ... urging us to buy things we probably don't need and often can't afford."
–NY Times, 24 Jun 84