Mad Men Don Draper Quotes
“Advertising is based on one thing: happiness. And do you know what happiness is? Happiness is the smell of a new car. It’s freedom from fear. It’s a billboard on the side of a road that screams with reassurance that whatever you’re doing is OK. You are OK.” – Don Draper
“Everybody has problems. Some people can deal with them and some people can’t.” – Don Draper
“People tell you who they are, but we ignore it, because we want them to be who we want them to be.” – Don Draper
“I’m living like there’s no tomorrow, because there isn’t one.” – Don Draper
“The truth is people may see things differently, but they don’t really want to.” – Don Draper
“Success is related to standing out, not fitting in.” – Don Draper
“They say as soon you have to cut down on your drinking, you have a drinking problem.” – Don Draper
“The best idea always wins, and you know it when you see it.” – Don Draper
“We’re flawed because we want so much more. We’re ruined because we get these things and wish for what we had.” – Don Draper
“We’re gonna sit at our desks and keep typing while the walls fall down around us, because we’re creative. The least important most important thing there is.” – Don Draper
“It wasn’t a lie, it was ineptitude with insufficient cover.” – Don Draper
“You want some respect? Go out there and get it for yourself.” – Don Draper
“Peggy, just think about it. Deeply. Then forget it. And an idea will jump up in your face.” – Don Draper
“Our worst fears lie in anticipation.” – Don Draper
“What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.” – Don Draper
“It’s your life. You don’t know how long it’s gonna be, but you know it’s got a bad ending. You have to move forward. As soon as you figure out what that is.” – Don Draper
“The greatest thing you have working for you is not the photo you take or the picture you paint. It’s the imagination of the consumer. They have no budget. They have no time limit. And if you can get into that space, your ad can run all day.” – Don Draper
“When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him.” – Don Draper
“Is that what you want? Or is that what people expect of you?” – Don Draper
“What is happiness? It’s a moment before you need more happiness.” – Don Draper
“Sometimes we don’t get to choose where our talents lie.” – Don Draper
“Mourning is just extended self-pity.” – Don Draper
“You will realize in your private life that at a certain point seduction is over and force is actually being requested.” – Don Draper
“There will be fat years, and there will be lean years, but it is going to rain.” – Don Draper
“If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.” – Don Draper
“Sometimes we don’t get to choose where our talents lie.” – Don Draper
“You can’t tell people what they want. It has to be what you want.” – Don Draper
“You’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts.” – Don Draper
“They say as soon you have to cut down on your drinking, you have a drinking problem.“ – Don Draper
“Change is neither good or bad, it simply is.” – Don Draper
“Los Angeles is not what you see in the movies. It’s like Detroit with palm trees.” – Don Draper
“The day you sign a client is the day you start losing them.” – Don Draper
“People want to be told what to do so badly that they’ll listen to anyone.” – Don Draper
“Fear stimulates my imagination.” – Don Draper
“Even though success is a reality, its effects are temporary.” – Don Draper
“The truth is people may see things differently, but they don’t really want to.” – Don Draper
“You came here because we do this better than you and part of that is letting our creatives be unproductive until they are.” – Don Draper
“Why does everybody need to talk about everything?” – Don Draper
“There is no big lie. There is no system. The universe is indifferent.” – Don Draper