Douglas Coupland Quotes
The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.
Quotes to Explore
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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Derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction.
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We just here to do our job.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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When you don't know how to cook, you just say, 'I need something quick,' and then you fry something up. Now that I cook, I think, 'Do I want to have fried fish, baked fish, or grilled fish?'
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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There was never any question that I would go to college, that I would travel, that I would go to the theater early and often.
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I'll let the people decide what they think is good taste.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley.
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Sport and health are so important to our nation that they deserve to be right at the front of people's minds.
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There's always a theme I'm drawn to, that we humans are not good or bad. We're all a mixture of both. We can have great compassion or commit great violence.
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I remember doing a comedy show with Jim Carrey once, and he was out there with his foot behind his neck and rubbing his face with it.
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It isn't hard to see how the lack of representation affects the self esteem of many women world wide.
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A playmaker, he makes that play. . . . If you are (screwing around) on one play, that might have been your play to make.
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Most of the time, when I'm writing, I'm writing for myself. I'm thinking, 'What will my character say at this time? What will come out of her mouth?' I create individuals so real to me, I sometimes start talking to them. Then I let them loose on the page.
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I think I'm ridiculously fortunate. I consider myself a Nigerian - that's home; my sensibility is Nigerian. But I like America, and I like that I can spend time in America.
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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.
