“The triumph of advertising in the culture industry is that consumers feel compelled to buy and use its products even though they see through them.”

“Though the details differ across the world, no known culture lacks some version of the time-consuming, wealth consuming, hostility provoking rituals, the anti-factual, counter-productive fantasies of religion.”

“There are huge advertising budgets only when there's no difference between the products. If the products really were different, people would buy the one that's better. Advertising teaches people not to trust their judgment. Advertising teaches people to be stupid.”

“The Spirituality and Self-Help industry wants you to be empowered enough to buy their products, but disempowered enough to still think you need them.”

“Much of the messy advertising you see on television today is the product of committees. Committees can criticize advertisements, but they should never be allowed to create them.”

“There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves”