Truth in Advertising Quotes

“God was bored with the humans, so he invented alcohol.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“What a thing it is to live in New York City. To move here and not know a soul. A clean slate, a chance to walk away from the past and start anew...I will feign coolness. I will slowly learn the art of not showing that I am surprised or impressed or moved. I will feel the elation that comes from anonymity. I will feel the comfortable loneliness of wandering the avenues in the rush of humanity, the side streets by myself.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“Words matter.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“The irony of advertising, a communications business, is that we treat words with little respect, devaluing their meaning.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“I have an odd capacity to escape reality. It makes life much more pleasant. Now, in this moment, I realize I have no intention of ever spreading my father's ashes off the coast of Hawaii or the coast of Coney Island, for that matter. A Buddhist might say that I wasn't living in the moment. I would reply to my saffron-robe-wearing mediator that with rare exceptions there are few moments I want to live in. I like escape. I like my made-up world.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“There are those people who believe that life can be lived rationally, that we are in control of our deepest, most powerful emotions, that we can perhaps even escape the deep markers from the early days, the crucial days, where we learn it all. Those people are called crazy. In reality I was playing a part, doing what I imagined I was supposed to do.”
― John Kenney, Truth in Advertising

“Ф. Скот Фицджералд е казал, че в живота на американците няма второ действие. Нямам представа какво означава това, но цитирайки го, вярвам, че изглеждам много по-интелигентен, отколкото съм”
― Джон Кени, Truth in Advertising