Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Augusten Burroughs Quotes: Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.
         

Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.


Augusten Burroughs
Check all other quotes by Augusten Burroughs

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Augusten Burroughs Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Sat. 04 May. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Sometimes-when-you-work-in-advertising-you-391860>.





Check out


Other quotes of Augusten Burroughs


You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.

You would be amazed by what you can give up, lose, or break, and yet still be a person who gets happy over brownies.



...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.

...handsome people are always interesting to watch. But a handsome person in crisis is riveting.



You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.

You need to grab your dream out of the sky like it's a kite and pinch the string through your fingers until you reach the spool.



I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.



I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.



Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.

Should I just sit down, right here at carousel seven, and shake until somebody's arms are around me and they're saying, 'It's okay, I'm here, I'm here, come with me to the institute.



You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.



His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade

His laugh is made if porch swings and lemonade



But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair.



I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.





Other quotes you may like


Nothing is more difficult than competing with myth

Nothing is more difficult than competing with myth



Someone owns trillions and keeps simple. I would.Someone reads all minds and looks average. I would.Someone knows the future and doesn't tell. I would.

Someone owns trillions and keeps simple. I would.Someone reads all minds and looks average. I would.Someone knows the future and doesn't tell. I would.



O gentle Romeo If thou dost love pronounce it faithfully. Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay So thou wilt woo: but else not for the world.

O gentle Romeo If thou dost love pronounce it faithfully. Or if thou think'st I am too quickly won I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay So thou wilt woo: but else not for the world.



People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.

People really don't have to give you anything, so appreciate what people give you. And just don't let that go to your head, whatever it is they give you.



Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.

Every adult should be an expert on teenagers, after spending life's seven longest years being one.



Swag mastah from Doncastah!

Swag mastah from Doncastah!



You don't become the character

You don't become the character



The Panama Canal was dug with a microscope.

The Panama Canal was dug with a microscope.



Seventy-seven percent of the people that have given money to Bernie Sanders are people that have given less than 200 bucks. That's a lot of people, folks. That's a lot of enthusiasm.

Seventy-seven percent of the people that have given money to Bernie Sanders are people that have given less than 200 bucks. That's a lot of people, folks. That's a lot of enthusiasm.



I'm so tired of hearing casting directors ask if I have a sore throat. The people who have told me that my voice is distinctive, it's unusual...those people have always been close to my heart.

I'm so tired of hearing casting directors ask if I have a sore throat. The people who have told me that my voice is distinctive, it's unusual...those people have always been close to my heart.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Sometimes when you work in advertising you'll get a product that's really garbage and you have to make it seem fantastic, something that is essential to the continued quality of life.". Author of this quote is Augusten Burroughs. This quote is about quality of life, advertising, sometimes, fantastic, essentials, quality, work, garbage,.