Vance Packard The Hidden Persuaders Quotes & Sayings

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently. — Paul Smith

A pesudovision! You will go to the pseduovision and you wil lnever come back. — John Green

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum. — Mark McKinnon

If I'm going to take my clothes off I figured I might as well do it for something that I'm directing myself since I had complete control of the edit. — Rachael Taylor

Not that this woman would need chains to capture a man's attention under normal circumstances. Her milky skin,soft eyes,and that mad riot of reddish-gold corkscrew curls that gave her a pixie-like appearance would see to the task. — Karen Witemeyer

If people were always kind and obedient to those who are cruel and unjust, the wicked people would have it all their own way: they would never feel afraid, and so they would never alter, but would grow worse and worse. — Charlotte Bronte

The more Discovery Channel you watch, the less chance you have of ever meeting a woman. Because it fills your head with odd facts that can come out at any moment. "Hello. Did you know Hitler was ticklish? That sea otters have four nipples? Wait - don't run away!" — Dave Attell

Having the big picture in mind enables us to overcome the day to day routines that attempt to distract us from pursuing our dream. — Assegid Habtewold

One of my fave TV shows is Into the Badlands because martial arts staged well and magically and saturated colours and eye candy and coherent plot and world building. It has a strong diverse cast. — Justine Larbalestier

At one point I thought I broke his face, but he turned out to just be laughing really hard. — Vali Chandrasekaran

I enjoy doing motivational talks with businesses and other organizations. I really enjoy being with people and encouraging them in the work they do. — Rex Hudler

AS STRATEGY SESSIONS BEGAN IN HAWTHORNE, THE Handlers made a brilliant tactical move. They commissioned a toy study from Ernest Dichter, Ph.D., director of the Institute for Motivational Research in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. The study cost a staggering $12,000 and took six months to complete, but when it was finished the charge seemed low. Dichter had masterminded a cunning campaign to peddle Barbie. Dichter was already a legend when the Handlers approached him. Quoted on nearly every page of Vance Packard's The Hidden Persuaders, a bestseller in 1957, Dichter was hailed as a marketing Einstein - an evil Einstein, but an Einstein nonetheless. He pioneered what he called "motivational research," advertising's newest, hippest, and, in Packard's view, scariest trend - the manipulation of deep-seated psychological cravings to sell merchandise. — M.G. Lord

The deepest urge in human nature is the desire to be important. — John Dewey

The right to life is the first among human rights. — Pope Francis