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.

Most time capsules, when they're unearthed, are really awful. There's nothing good in them.

Most time capsules, when they're unearthed, are really awful. There's nothing good in them.

Douglas Coupland

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream.

Douglas Coupland

I'm a visual thinker. Research tells us that only 20 per cent of people think visually. So what about the other 80 per cent? Don't they think in pictures? I mean if you imagine washing and preparing potatoes you visualise the process, right?

Douglas Coupland

I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.

I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.

Douglas Coupland

Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way they used to talk about novels back in the 1980s. I like to think I hang out with some pretty smart people, but all they talk about is 'Breaking Bad.'

Douglas Coupland

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.

I worship teachers. They can't be paid enough. It depresses me that society sees them as somehow expendable.

Douglas Coupland

It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you.

It's sort of a law of the art world: The stuff that grows in importance is only the stuff you bought because it wowed you.

Douglas Coupland

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.

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.

Douglas Coupland

You're smarter than TV. So what?

You're smarter than TV. So what?

Douglas Coupland

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

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

Douglas Coupland

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