Douglas Coupland Quotes
Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words.
Douglas Coupland
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I remember seeing 'Gremlins' and having my mind blown and seeing 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' at 13, and it was this hugely aspirational experience.
Edgar Wright
In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
Tariq Ali
Don't take 'no' for an answer.
Abdullah II of Jordan
The American Negro has no conception of the hundreds of millions of other non-whites' concern for him: he has no conception of their feeling of brotherhood for and with him.
Malcolm X
Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
Walt Alston
If I could only remember that the days were, not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.
Edmund Wilson
The importance of the river cannot be overstated in the history of the country, or the development of the nation.
Maurice Hinchey
You know about Star Trek?" came out of Stark's mouth before his brain could stop it. Again, the warrior shrugged. "We do have the satellite.
P. C. Cast
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
Eartha Kitt
If any man's money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel him to submit to its arbitrary will, and kill him if he resists.
Lysander Spooner
I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.
Mark Twain
Lists only spell out the things that can be taken away from us by moths and rust and thieves. If something is valuable, don't put it in a list. Don't even say the words.
Douglas Coupland