Quotes from Vance Packard

You can't tell a millionaire's son from a billionaire's.

Rock 'n Roll is monotony tinged with hysteria.

Furthermore, unlike Man's other great good friend the horse, the cat is no sweating serf of Man. The only labor she condescends to perform is to catch mice and rats, and that's fun.

The most common characteristic of all police states is intimidation by surveillance. Citizens know they are being watched and overheard. Their mail is being examined. Their homes can be invaded.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done

Rock and roll might be summed up as monotony tinged with hysteria.

The difference between a top-flight creative man and the hack is his ability to express powerful meanings indirectly.

The Hidden Persuaders

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done.

You can probably make them do anything for you: Sell people things they don't need; make women who don't know you fall in love with you.

It is dangerous to asume that people can be trusted to behave in a rational way (...) What the probers are looking for, of course, are the "whys" of our behavior, so that they can more effectively manipulate our habits and choices in their favor.

The Christian notion of the possibility of redemption is incomprehensible to the computer.