Doug Coupland Quotes

In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.
Doug Coupland

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?
Doug Coupland

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.
Doug Coupland

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.
Doug Coupland

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations.
Doug Coupland

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.
Doug Coupland

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
Doug Coupland

Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin.
Doug Coupland

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.
Doug Coupland

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you.
Doug Coupland

Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.
Doug Coupland

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.
Doug Coupland

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler.
Doug Coupland

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.
Doug Coupland

Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair.
Doug Coupland

Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away.
Doug Coupland

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.
Doug Coupland

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.
Doug Coupland

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.
Doug Coupland

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again.
Doug Coupland

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Doug Coupland Quotes

Type: Author Quotes Category: Canadian Author Quotes Date of Birth: December 30, 1961 Nationality: Canadian Find on Amazon: Doug Coupland Related Authors: Michael Ondaatje Larry Wall John Ralston Saul Jane Rule A. E. van Vogt Thomas Chandler Haliburton Carol Shields Gabrielle Roy	1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich. Doug Coupland Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code? Doug Coupland It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either. Doug Coupland It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you. Doug Coupland It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. Doug Coupland It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count. Doug Coupland Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want. Doug Coupland Long lives aren't natural. We forget that senior citizens are as much an invention as toasters or penicillin. Doug Coupland Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation. Doug Coupland Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and boomerang to curse you. Doug Coupland Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky. Doug Coupland Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long. Doug Coupland Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the rest is filler. Doug Coupland Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries. Doug Coupland Nature is one great big wood-chipper. Sooner or later, everything shoots out the other end in a spray of blood, bones and hair. Doug Coupland Never loan a book to someone if you expect to get it back. Loaning books is the same as giving them away. Doug Coupland New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108. Doug Coupland Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long. Doug Coupland On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen. Doug Coupland Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you never have to think about fashion again. Doug Coupland 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7