Douglas Coupland Quotes
Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
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People my age don't always know where their music comes from.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I love the Royal Family. The Queen, she's fabulous.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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I once tried thinking for an entire day, but I found it less valuable than one moment of study.
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Every time you get something, give something away.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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Deep breaths are very helpful at shallow parties.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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Most Americans acquire dogs impulsively and for dubious reasons: as a Christmas gift for the kids. Because they saw one in a movie. To match the new living-room furniture. Because they moved to the suburbs and see a dog as part of the package.
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Death is the hardest question, and in an age that gives short shrift to the transmission of wisdom from old to young, it is not surprising that death is the single most obvious fact of life from which we constantly insulate our kids. We have, to our detriment, created a cult of denial about our own mortality. Life needs to be lived and prioritized with the understanding that it is limited.
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A bachelor lives like a king and dies like a beggar.
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Children are sweet as the buds in spring, But I've noticed that those who have them Have nothing but trouble all their lives.
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The little religion that I have clung to-that what matters most is the continuity of life, and its improvement from one generation to another.
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Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what you want.
