David Ogilvy Quotes
In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
Quotes to Explore
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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Constant togetherness is fine - but only for Siamese twins.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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Hip-hop isn't as complex as a woman is.
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There's not a thing that any of you guys can say bad about me that would hurt my feelings... I'm not coming at you, what I'm saying is that, I'm willing to take that heat for my team, if we're playing well or if we're not playing well.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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After I learn more English, I'll work hard and make more films.
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If you're writing a thriller, mystery, Western or adventure-driven book, you'd better keep things moving rapidly for the reader. Quick pacing is vital in certain genres. It hooks readers, creates tension, deepens the drama, and speeds things along.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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If a patient is cold, if a patient is feverish, if a patient is faint, if he is sick after taking food, if he has a bed-sore, it is generally the fault not of the disease, but of the nursing.
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I'll meet listeners who tell me what a great voice I have. But I don't have a great voice for radio. My voice is the utterly normal voice, but sheer repetition has made them think it's OK. Mick Jagger once was asked, 'What makes a hit song? He said, 'Repetition.'
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My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on my birthday. It was amazing.
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My main concern when travelling around the world is finding a place to skateboard!
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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you create.
