Theres much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the worlds probably a better place for it. – Doug Coupland
If cats were double the size they are now, theyd probably be illegal. – Doug Coupland
Men wont read any email from a woman thats over 200 words long. – Doug Coupland
Depression is when you have lots of love, but no ones taking. – Doug Coupland
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 doesnt arrive. – Doug Coupland
A bland smile is like a green light at an intersection, it feels good when you get one, but you forget it the moment youre past it. – Doug Coupland
If you dont have a spiritual practice in place when times are good, you cant expect to suddenly develop one during a moment of crisis. – Doug Coupland
I think that in the future, clocks wont say three oclock anymore. Theyll just get right to the point and rename three oclock Pepsi. – Doug Coupland
When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, theyre going to find all of those gyms their scary-looking gym equipment, and theyre going to assume that we were a culture obsessed with torture. – Doug Coupland
It also allows you to look as though youre not particularly from the present, future or past, either. – Doug Coupland
Theres nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. Its a total turn-off. – Doug Coupland
I know its not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside of tinned ravioli? – Doug Coupland
Forget about being world famous, its hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence. – Doug Coupland
Everybody has basically the same family, its just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next. – Doug Coupland
Its very strange that most people dont care if their knowledge of their family history only goes back three generations. – Doug Coupland
People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other peoples families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own. – Doug Coupland
Sometimes failure isnt an opportunity in disguise, its just you. – Doug Coupland
Failure is authentic, and because its authentic, its real and genuine, and because of that, its a pure state of being. – Doug Coupland
If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then its a failure. – Doug Coupland
Flying dreams mean that youre doing the right thing with your life. – Doug Coupland
