Andrew Potter Quotes

Canada, Writer
1972

Andrew Potter is a Canadian author and associate professor at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Ottawa Citizen; best known outside Canada for co-authoring The Rebel Sell, with Joseph Heath, and for his 2010 book, The Authenticity Hoax.

I was surprised and irritated that we got a cancellation notice and it said they haven't received payment.

Andrew Potter
The words, gestures, and threats of our officers were thrown away upon men who had lost all presence of mind and only longed for absence of body.

Andrew Potter
- Words
- Officers
- Thrown

My fear would have been that if I was out of town, my insurance would have been null and void.

Andrew Potter
- Fear
- Insurance
- Void
The object of their desire, the “essential” core of life, is something called authenticity, and finding the authentic has become the foremost spiritual quest of our time. It is a quest fraught with difficulty, as it takes place at the intersection of some of our culture’s most controversial issues, including environmentalism and the market economy, personal identity and the consumer culture, and artistic expression and the meaning of life.

Andrew Potter
- Time
- Essential
- Quest