Communications, broadcasting, and publishing
"All the news that''s fit to print." ~ The New York Times, 1896, Direct
Coined by publisher Adolph S. Ochs
"ABC: America''s Broadcasting Company" ~ ABC, 1999
"Be the first to know" ~ CNN
"Before you make up your mind, open it." ~ Irish Independent
"Biting the hand that feeds IT" ~ The Register
"CTV. Canadian Television" ~ CTV
"Get more" ~ T-Mobile
"Enjoy the Show" ~ E! Entertainment Television
"How many bars do you have?" AT&T Wireless, 2004
"How does the wireless industry make you feel?" Sprint Fair & Flexible Plan
"If it''s on, it''s in." ~ Radio Times, MCBD
"If you don''t get it, you don''t get it." ~ The Washington Post, 1990s
"It''s all about you" ~ People Telecom, 2005
"It''s good to talk" ~ British Telecom (1990s)
"It''s not TV, it''s HBO." ~ HBO, late 1990s
"It''s time for U" ~ UPN, 2003
"Let your fingers do the walking." ~ Yellow Pages, 1964, Geers Gross
"Must See TV" ~ NBC, late 1990s
"News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters." ~ Slashdot
"Nick is for kids" ~ Nickelodeon TV channel
"Reach out and touch someone" ~ AT&T, 1979–, N.W. Ayer
"Sans liberté de blamer, il n''est point d''éloge flatteur." (1826 ~ present)
Le Figaro newspaper
Translation: Without liberty to criticize, there is no flattering praise
Taken from the monologue of Figaro in the Wedding of Figaro (Act V, scene 3)
"Seeing small business differently" ~ SBC Communications
"Still the One" ~ ABC 1978, Nine Network Australia 1980s ~ present
"The Eye into the Eyes" ~ CBS, 2003
"The first network for men" ~ Spike TV
"The future''s bright. The future''s Orange." ~ Orange, 1996, WCRS
"The most trusted name in news" ~ CNN
"The one to watch" ~ Channel 7 Australia 1999-2003
"We never stop working for you" ~ Verizon Wireless
"Welcome to our network" ~ Three (aka Hutchison 3G)
"You give us 22 minutes, we''ll give you the world" ~ WINS Radio, New York, 1965 , KFWB Radio, Los Angeles, Present (2004)
"Your friend in the digital age" ~ COX Communications
Electronics
"Buy it. Sell it. Love it." ~ eBay
"Challenge everything" ~ EA Games
"Connecting people." ~ Nokia
"Do you have the bunny inside?" ~ Energizer Max, since 2000s
"EA Sports. It''s in the game" ~ EA Sports
"Get N or get out." Nintendo 64, late 1990s
"Hello Tosh, gotta Toshiba?" ~ Toshiba, 1984, Gold Greenlees Trott
"Intelligence everywhere" ~ Motorola
"Is it live, or is it Memorex? " ~ Memorex video cassettes, 1970s or 1980s on
"It''s a Sega Genesis, it''s a SegaCD, and it''s a Portable CD Player!" ~ Sega of America, marketing the Sega CDX console in 1994.
"It takes AGES to be as good as SEGA" ~ SEGA Saturn Console
"Keeps going and going and going." ~ Energizer Batteries, began 1980s or 1990s
"Let''s Make Things Better" ~ Philips
"Live in your world, play in ours." ~ Sony
"Make yourself heard" ~ Ericsson
"Neighbour''s envy, owner''s pride" ~ Onida TV (India)
"No battery is stronger longer." ~ Duracell Batteries, 1990s
"Now You''re Playing With Power!" ~ Nintendo Entertainmemt System, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, mid-1980s to mid-1990s
"One that Last" ~ Duracell Batteries ~ late-1980s
"See what the future has in store." ~ Future Shop
"Sense and Simplicity" ~ Philips
"Thousands of possibilities. Get yours." ~ Best Buy
"Touching is good!" ~ Nintendo DS
"We bring good things to life." ~ GE (General Electric)
"You can''t top the copper top" ~ Duracell Batteries, early to mid 1990s
"You''ve got questions, we''ve got answers." ~ Radio Shack
Computing
"Buy Opera today... And make this banner go away" ~ Opera
"Can you hear me now? ...Good!" ~ Verizon wireless
"Do you... Yahoo!?" ~ Yahoo!
"e-business solutions" ~ IBM, 2000s
"Easy as Dell" ~ Dell Computer
"Everything is Easier on a Mac" ~ Apple Computer, 2000s
"GNU is Not Unix" ~ Free Software Foundation
"In a world full surrounded by Windows, we''re handing out rocks" ~ BeOS Radio
"Inspire me. Surprise me. AMD me." ~ AMD (Advanced Micro Devices)
"Intel inside" ~ Intel
"Invent." ~ Hewlett-Packard
"[It''s] so easy to use, no wonder it''s number one" ~ AOL
"It''s better with the butterfly" ~ Microsoft (for MSN 8 internet service provider)
"It''s the Internet that logs onto you" ~ SBC-Yahoo! DSL
"Multimedia You Can Use" ~ Apple Computer, 1990s
"Power is Macintosh" ~ Apple Computer, 1990s
"Rip. Mix. Burn" ~ Apple Computer
"So powerful, it''s kind of ridiculous" ~ 3dfx (for Voodoo 3 cards)
"The Network is the Computer." ~ Sun Microsystems
"The power to be your best" ~ Apple Computer, 1990s
"Think" ~ IBM, 1914
"Think different" ~ Apple Computer, Chiat/Day, 1998–
"Think outside the box" ~ Apple Computer, 1990s
"Welcome to the World Wide Wow" ~ AOL (play on World Wide Web)
"Where do you want to go today?" ~ Microsoft, 1996
"Your Potential. Our Passion. Microsoft." ~ Microsoft
Recordings
"America''s Best Record" ~ Puritan Records
"Applying Thought" ~ Wipro Technologies
"Comparison With the Living Artist Reveals No Difference" ~ Edison Records
"Each Record a Masterpiece" ~ Van Dyke Records
"Echo Around the World" ~ Edison Records
"First with the Hits" ~ Mercury Records
"Hear What You Like ~ When You Like" ~ Rex Records
"If it ain''t Stiff it ain''t worth a ****." ~ Stiff Records
"If it''s a King, It''s a Hillbilly— If it''s a Hillbilly, it''s a King" ~ King Records
"Never Scratches" ~ Lyric Records
Fashion
"A diamond is forever." ~ De Beers Consolidated Mines, 1948–present (invented by Frances Gerety)
"Between love and madness lies Obsession." ~ Calvin Klein, 1985
"Children''s shoes have far to go." ~ Start-Rite Shoes, 1945, Stanley Studios
"Create a storm" ~ Monsoon
"Every kiss begins with Kay" ~ Kay Jewelers
"fcuk advertising" ~ French Connection United Kingdom, 1990s
"For successful living" ~ Diesel
"Hello boys" ~ Playtex Wonderbra
"Impossible is nothing." ~ Adidas
"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." ~ Timex Corporation, 1956
"Just do it" ~ Nike, Inc. (foot wear), 1988-on, Wieden & Kennedy
"Lifts and separates" ~ Playtex Cross-Your-Heart bra, 1960s.
"Maybe she''s born with it ~ maybe it''s Maybelline" ~ Maybelline
"Scent to bed" ~ French Connection United Kingdom
Finance
"Another way" ~ NatWest
"The bank that likes to say Yes" ~ Trustee Savings Bank
"Because life''s complicated enough" ~ Abbey National
"Don''t leave home without it" ~ American Express
"Far better for being near to you" ~ The Chesham Building Society
"The future takes VISA" ~ VISA
"Get a little eXtra help" ~ Halifax
"If life were like that, you wouldn''t need a VISA card."
"Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there." ~ State Farm Insurance