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Doug Coupland

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Doug Coupland is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. With equal ease, Doug Coupland moved between Future and Failure, finding connections others missed. Our collection includes 60 quotes from Doug Coupland, touching on Future, Failure, Money, Family, and Time — a testament to just how much they had to say. Start here and see if you agree: "Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."

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“Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.”

— Doug Coupland

Age

All Quotes by Doug Coupland

“Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being.”

— Doug Coupland

Failure

“We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.”

— Doug Coupland

History

“Technology favors horrible people.”

— Doug Coupland

Technology

“I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get right to the point and rename three o'clock 'Pepsi.'”

— Doug Coupland

Future

“Unhappiness is something we are never taught about we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive.”

— Doug Coupland

Happiness

“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.”

— Doug Coupland

Change

“In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.”

— Doug Coupland

Future

“I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli?”

— Doug Coupland

Food

“If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween.”

— Doug Coupland

Courage

“The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.”

— Doug Coupland

Relationship

“You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.”

— Doug Coupland

Fear

“Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.”

— Doug Coupland

Business

“Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.”

— Doug Coupland

Failure

“People will always choose more money over more sex.”

— Doug Coupland

Money

“Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.”

— Doug Coupland

Politics

“Flying dreams mean that you're doing the right thing with your life.”

— Doug Coupland

Dreams

“Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.”

— Doug Coupland

Men

“Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives.”

— Doug Coupland

Age

“If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.”

— Doug Coupland

Pet

“People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.”

— Doug Coupland

Family