Douglas Coupland Quotes
I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.
Quotes to Explore
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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Our leaders are acting like lemmings.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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I want to do whatever I can to survive.
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I can flip my tongue over. Only one in 10,000 people can. I learned that at Ripley's Believe It or Not!
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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I would never walk off any show.
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We need to have women in more powerful positions that are making decisions, so when that 10-year-old girl is looking up and wondering, 'What can I do and what do I want to be when I get older?' She has the opportunity to do and be whatever she wants.
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You can't succeed if you don't know what losing is.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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I was definitely nervous for the combine. You train for three months to go out there and perform for three days.
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Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.
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You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.
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I'm pursuing film and TV, and it's exciting because I feel I can write in almost any genre now.
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I want to be remembered as a storyteller more than someone who had something meaningful to say.
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I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.
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I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.
