John Sharp: Oakshot
Quotes
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Oakshot : Our clients' hats are pink. So, we make the them think pink and eat pink.
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Oakshot : Quite right, Swothard! I really like the way your nose is pointing.
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Oakshot : Your age bracket is making a grunting noise, like a herd of individual water buffalo doing a tribal dance, all in mini-skirts, with mini-minds, and mini-behinds.
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Oakshot : What are we in Advertising House? Do we manufacture?
Swothard : No, not really, sir.
Oakshot : Do we sell?
Herman Tulley : No, sir!
Oakshot : What do we do?
Herman Tulley : We exaggerate, sir.
Oakshot : We--mold!
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Oakshot : Modesty belongs in politics, not advertising, old fellow. Advertising is: 50% style, 50% creativity, 50% drive.
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Herman Tulley : How can anyone be oneself if you're the same as everyone else?
Oakshot : Tulley, you seem guilty of incorrect thinking. Conformity is the very essence of what our executives require--but an individual conformity, naturally.
