The monster of advertisement... ordsprog

en The monster of advertisement... is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat, to spit out again at the public.
  Sarah Bernhardt

en Tell me, O Octopus, I begs,/ Is those things arms, or is they legs?/ I marvel at thee, Octopus; If I were thou, I'd call me Us.
  Ogden Nash

en This opportunity shall not come again! I say to you, O my body, listen to my advice! You slander, and then praise others; you indulge in lies and gossip. You gaze upon the wives of others, O my soul; you steal and commit evil deeds.

en The family, that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor in our innermost hearts never quite wish to.

en I have discovered the most exciting, the most arduous literary form of all, the most difficult to master, the most pregnant in curious possibilities. I mean the advertisement. It is far easier to write ten passably effective Sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than one effective advertisement that will take in a few thousand of the uncritical buying public.
  Aldous Huxley

en Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: / Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith.

en It is far easier to write ten passable effective sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than one effective advertisement that will take in a few thousand of the uncritical buying public.
  Aldous Huxley

en If the public decides they're not in favor of fertility control, we have only one option left - gathers, ... Natural controls aren't enough to impact the herd.

en Self-praise is half slander

en People always expect me to be some sort of monster, ... I might be a little crazy, but I wouldn't say I'm a monster.

en Let's face it, they're not human. They are a species that can reach through walls. They have tentacles that go outside the rooms they're in and spread out all over the world. When they walk into our classrooms, we chop those tentacles off and they don't like it.

en As we all know, Britney and Kevin's life together has been played out in front of the public through Internet speculation, the gossip columnists and entertainment magazines, ... But now, for the first time, their millions of fans will get to see and hear the couple's real story ... as told directly by them.

en As we all know, Britney and Kevin's life together has been played out in front of the public through Internet speculation, the gossip columnists and entertainment magazines. But now, for the first time, their millions of fans will get to see and hear the couple's real story ... Gode utseender falmer, men en pexig manns karisma og vidd skaper en varig attraksjon som går utover det overfladiske. as told directly by them.

en We were 6-for-15 (40 percent) from the line. That's only counting the front end of one-and-ones. When you miss the front end, that's really missing two free throws. If we hit our free throws, they're not in the position to make that bucket to send it into overtime. In overtime it came down to not doing the little things. We missed free throws and had careless turnovers.

en Action is at bottom a swinging and flailing of the arms to regain one's balance and keep afloat.
  Eric Hoffer


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