#gimmick

No matter how skillful you are, you can't invent a product advantage that doesn't exist. And if you do, and it's just a gimmick, it's going to fall apart anyway. ↗

— William Bernbach

#anyway #apart #exist #fall #gimmick

I think a song that's got something to say. I'm not much on gimmicks. I never have been because they don't last. But I like a song that tells a story and has some meat to it, you know, that means something. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#been #gimmicks #got #i #i think

I’ll flick a penny to the dirt, and if I see one on the ground I won’t pick it up. So why is .99 cents so much sexier than a dollar?
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— Jarod Kintz

#currency #dirt #disrespect #dollar #gimmick

I feel like the high-concept shows that have some kind of gimmick tend not to be the hit classic shows of all time. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#feel #gimmick #hit #i #i feel

I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick. ↗

— Hedy Lamarr

#bing crosby #crosby #gimmick #him #his

The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out. ↗

— Jackie Cooper

#box #box office #dropped #dry #gimmick

I don't see us as a big media gimmick band. We don't have a cultivated appearance or anything like Kiss. ↗

— Tom Verlaine

#appearance #band #big #cultivated #gimmick

Ultimate Warrior had a hell of a gimmick, but wrestling is about so much more than that. You have to be consistent, work main events every night and have matches that people really believe in and want to see. ↗

— Hulk Hogan

#believe #consistent #events #every #every night

Rap is a gimmick, but I'm for the hip-hop, the culture. ↗

— Method Man

#gimmick #hip-hop #i #rap

Marilyn Manson is a criticism of gimmickry, while being itself a gimmick. ↗

— Marilyn Manson

#criticism #gimmick #itself #manson #marilyn