Top 281 Quotes by Douglas Coupland

About Douglas Coupland

These are some quotes by Canadian author Douglas Coupland Author, who was born on December 30, 1961.

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?

Douglas Coupland

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

Douglas Coupland

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them.

Douglas Coupland

I will say that my days are spent solitary and somewhat lost in thought, and every single time I inadvertently wear my shirt inside out in public, I bump into my sister-in-law at the grocery store.

I will say that my days are spent solitary and somewhat lost in thought, and every single time I inadvertently wear my shirt inside out in public, I bump into my sister-in-law at the grocery store.

Douglas Coupland

Any passion to collect has some meaning behind it.

Any passion to collect has some meaning behind it.

Douglas Coupland

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again.

Once you see someone lose it, you can never look at them the same way again.

Douglas Coupland

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

Douglas Coupland

As a form of escapism, yearning for the 20th century is understandable, but in practice it would be horrible - sort of like going on a holiday promising yourself you could go without the Internet, only to crumble and walk in a daze to the local Internet cafe to gorge on connectivity.

Douglas Coupland

Fashionable people can opt out of the fashion stream, but a stylish person never becomes unstylish unless they hit their head on a rock and suffer brain damage.

Fashionable people can opt out of the fashion stream, but a stylish person never becomes unstylish unless they hit their head on a rock and suffer brain damage.

Douglas Coupland

Cellphones have, if nothing else, turned TV crime writers into lazy sloths.

Cellphones have, if nothing else, turned TV crime writers into lazy sloths.

Douglas Coupland

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