As a profession advertising is young; as a force it is as old as the world. The first four words ever uttered, 'Let there be light,' constitute its charter. All nature is vibrant with its impulse.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Bruce Barton, (Aug 5 1886-1967), US author, advertising executive; He wrote Man Nobody Knows, which depicted Jesus as the prototype of a successful businessman.