802 Quotes by Douglas Coupland

Figure out what it is in life you don’t do well, and then don’t do it.

It’s what makes us different from every other creature in the world – we have time. And we have choices.

Gap clothing allows you to look like you’re from nowhere and anywhere.

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It’s like wanting the worst possible meat product without even the thrill of it actually being meat.

After you’re dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what’s going to be your best memory of earth? What one moment for you defines what it’s like to be alive on this planet. What’s your takeaway? Fake yuppie experiences that you had to spend money on, like white water rafting or elephant rides in Thailand don’t count. I want to hear some small moment from your life that proves you’re really alive.

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they’re so rude.

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your fingers, the soft inner part of the peel. The smell. Try and you can’t. The brain doesn’t process negatives.

How did society ever function without you, little Sharpies? Your nibs have the precise amount of give to create a line quality with character, yet not so much character as to be smushy. Thank you, little pens.

I think we’re simply going to run out of Nature before we have a chance to destroy it.