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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."

“If you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.”

— Doug Coupland

Good

All Quotes by Doug Coupland

“If someone decides to be a musician now, it means because there is no hope of money at the end of it, it means they really want to be a musician. And if someone is writing now, there is no hope for money at the end of it.”

— Doug Coupland

Hope

“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

“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

“If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a claret-colored vinyl roof, with oxblood leather upholstery and an opera window.”

— Doug Coupland

Car

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

— Doug Coupland

Men

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

— Doug Coupland

Politics

“Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.”

— Doug Coupland

Dating

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

— Doug Coupland

Future

“It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future or past, either.”

— Doug Coupland

Future

“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 you don't have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you can't expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis.”

— Doug Coupland

Good

“Depression is when you have lots of love, but no one's taking.”

— Doug Coupland

Love

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

— Doug Coupland

Pet

“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

“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

“Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.”

— Doug Coupland

Birthday

“There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.”

— Doug Coupland

Funny