Definition of Agency

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Agency

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another.

The place of business of am agent.

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Agency Quotations

No agency is better than its account executives.
Samuel Goldwyn

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
Fred Allen

The vice-president of an advertising agency is a bit of executive fungus that forms on a desk that has been exposed to conference.
Fred Allen

The relationship between a manufacturer and his advertising agency is almost as intimate as the relationship between a patient and his doctor. Make sure that you can life happily with your prospective client before you accept his account.
David Ogilvy

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising.
David Ogilvy

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.
Alexander Hamilton

I had a lot of success from the start. I never really was tested for long periods of time. I got my first professional job while I was a senior in college. I signed with the William Morris Agency before I graduated.
Denzel Washington

Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
Mikhail Baryshnikov

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler

Chess is the most elaborate waste of human intelligence outside of an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler

Agency Translations

agency in Dutch is agentschap
agency in French is permanence, agence
agency in Italian is agenzia, filiale
agency in Norwegian is agentur, virksomhet
agency in Spanish is agencia, sucursal, buro
agency in Swedish is agentur

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