Douglas Coupland Quotes
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All events became omens; I lost the ability to take anything literally.
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Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.
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I have this feeling watching Jasmine - that as you grow older, it becomes harder to feel 100 percent happy; you learn all the things that can go wrong; you become superstitious about tempting fate, about bringing disaster upon your life by accidentally feeling too good one day.
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I grew up in airports and on air bases. I know what flying and airports can be. And most airports make me feel like we're about three per cent better than ants. Especially U.S. airports. They're zoos. All civility is gone.
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We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going way beyond our expiration date.
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I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?
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Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.
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When you grow older a dreadful, horrible sensation will come over you. It's called loneliness, and you think you know what it is now, but you don't. Here is a list of the symptoms, and don't worry - loneliness is the most universal sensation on the planet. Just remember one fact - loneliness will pass. You will survive and you will be a better human for it.
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I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life on earth. Something better than us has to come along.
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Technology favors horrible people.
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Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.
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The Internet has destroyed irony in the world, or at least wounded it considerably. What are we to do about an invention whose end result is that starving people in China are looking up things on marthastewart.com?
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I had a lot of really terrible advice early in my writing career and I cheesed off people without even knowing it, all the while thinking I was implementing good advice.
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I was so beautiful when I was young. And I took so few photos because I felt so skinny and ugly. I wish I'd just taken a few more shots.
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The capacity for not feeling lonely can carry a very real price, that of feeling nothing at all.
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We barely have enough time to figure out who we are and then we become bitter and isolated as we age.
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Bespoke tailoring: yes! I found this one pair of pants - they're Canali - and brought them into a tailor and said, 'Clone these, dammit.' They just do all the right things. I've got eight pairs in different colors and I never have to think about pants again. The only look otherwise that suits me is, like, the Professor from 'Gilligan's Island.'
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There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.
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Aliens didn't come down to Earth and give us technology. We invented it ourselves. Therefore it can never be alienating; it can only be an expression of our humanity.
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If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will take ages, during which time God only knows how much human damage will occur.
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Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
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Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.
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If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure.
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Thinking you're immortal is weirdly similar to being immortal.