Top 100 Quotes by Jerry Della Femina

About Jerry Della Femina

These are some quotes by American author Jerry Della Femina Businessman, who was born in 1936.

I was the first advertising person who people could identify with.

I was the first advertising person who people could identify with.

Jerry Della Femina

I don't want people ever to think I'm not in advertising. It's such a business of enthusiasm that if you're not totally excited about it, you should leave it.

I don't want people ever to think I'm not in advertising. It's such a business of enthusiasm that if you're not totally excited about it, you should leave it.

Jerry Della Femina

In the '50s and '60s, a family's first child went into the priesthood, the second went into the military, and the third child was an idiot and wound up in advertising.

In the '50s and '60s, a family's first child went into the priesthood, the second went into the military, and the third child was an idiot and wound up in advertising.

Jerry Della Femina

I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and I'm a great believer that you can't have too conservative a President nor too liberal a Supreme Court. So I'm a walking contradiction. I believe that you should try to really protect people's rights in every way, and also, people should be allowed to do what they do.

Jerry Della Femina

Most of the people in advertising now - mention Bill Bernbach to them, they don't know.

Most of the people in advertising now - mention Bill Bernbach to them, they don't know.

Jerry Della Femina

I once attended an advertising conference held at the Greenbrier Hotel in 1968. The dean of the original Mad Men, the great David Ogilvy, was the keynote speaker. The subject of his speech was the new creative revolution in advertising.

Jerry Della Femina

My grandmother would start making her meat sauce at 7 in the morning on Sunday, and within five or six hours, that smell would be all through the house.

My grandmother would start making her meat sauce at 7 in the morning on Sunday, and within five or six hours, that smell would be all through the house.

Jerry Della Femina

Pictures bring you inside, whether you see yourself driving a new car or as a hapless prisoner who is being abused.

Pictures bring you inside, whether you see yourself driving a new car or as a hapless prisoner who is being abused.

Jerry Della Femina

No one wants to risk a million dollars on a few laughs. The big, flashy commercials are out. The soft sell is out.

No one wants to risk a million dollars on a few laughs. The big, flashy commercials are out. The soft sell is out.

Jerry Della Femina

There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster.

There is a great deal of advertising that is much better than the product. When that happens, all that the good advertising will do is put you out of business faster.

Jerry Della Femina

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