--- title: "4 Ads Quotes By Terry Gross" description: "4 Ads quotes by Terry Gross. Plus more from Terry Gross and more Ads sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/terry-gross-9637_ads_google-started-as-a-free-search-engine-i_113070.jpg" --- > [Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/google-started-as-a-free-search-engine-it-s-still-free-but-now-it-s/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97f/terry-gross-9637_ads_google-started-as-a-free-search-engine-i_113070.jpg) > [When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/when-you-re-reading-a-newspaper-and-you-re-seeing-ads-on-the-page-it/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/076/terry-gross-9637_ads_when-you-re-reading-a-newspaper-and-you_338904.jpg) > [Sometimes when I'm on the internet, I'll get this, like, which of these ad experiences would you prefer? And I'll have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/sometimes-when-i-m-on-the-internet-i-ll-get-this-like-which-of-these/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/terry-gross-9637_ads_sometimes-when-i-m-on-the-internet-i-ll_718466.jpg) > [I have to match wits with the ads. Like, there's pop-ups that, like, move around and you have to chase them like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-have-to-match-wits-with-the-ads-like-there-s-pop-ups-that-like-move/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c32/terry-gross-9637_absorbing_i-have-to-match-wits-with-the-ads-like-t_2390325.jpg) ## Other authors on Ads ## More by Terry Gross > [The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/the-excitement-for-me-lies-not-so-much-in-interviewing-the-hard-to/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/work-can-take-on-a-new-dimension-if-you-know-something-about-the/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? A lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/google-started-as-a-free-search-engine-it-s-still-free-but-now-it-s/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [When I hear a politician speak biographically, I never know what's part of the campaign biography narrative that's been carefully crafted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/when-i-hear-a-politician-speak-biographically-i-never-know-what-s/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [When you're reading a newspaper and you're seeing ads on the page, it's not kind of invasive. Like, it's on the page next to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/when-you-re-reading-a-newspaper-and-you-re-seeing-ads-on-the-page-it/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-m-first-generation-american-and-my-parents-were-both-from-nigeria/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [Dad mistook - for some reason unbeknownst to me - he mistook his family for a platoon of Marines. I mean, he - the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/dad-mistook-for-some-reason-unbeknownst-to-me-he-mistook-his-family/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [I respect someone's right to privacy and I want them to know it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-respect-someone-s-right-to-privacy-and-i-want-them-to-know-it/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [I was thinking about comedy and how comedy in many ways opens us up to ideas and really being influenced by Richard Pryor and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-was-thinking-about-comedy-and-how-comedy-in-many-ways-opens-us-up/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [My parents were pretty open about a lot of things, especially my mom. And any kind of little crazy thing I was into, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/my-parents-were-pretty-open-about-a-lot-of-things-especially-my-mom/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [I was in an adolescent psychology class at Citadel when the guy said, if you had a mother who was beaten, there's a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-was-in-an-adolescent-psychology-class-at-citadel-when-the-guy-said/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [You know, how am I leading my own life? What am I denying? Since I brought such great powers of denial into my adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/you-know-how-am-i-leading-my-own-life-what-am-i-denying-since-i/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [So when the book came out, my mother stunned us all by leaving my father. I think three months before the book came out,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/so-when-the-book-came-out-my-mother-stunned-us-all-by-leaving-my/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [Sometimes when I'm on the internet, I'll get this, like, which of these ad experiences would you prefer? And I'll have a choice of,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/sometimes-when-i-m-on-the-internet-i-ll-get-this-like-which-of-these/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) > [I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-gross/i-mean-dad-s-you-know-dad-s-friendliest-tone-was-a-scream/) [Terry Gross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-gross/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ads/terry-gross/#itemlist", "name": "4 Ads Quotes By Terry Gross", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Google started as a free search engine. It's still free, but now it's making a lot of money on ads, right? 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