Douglas Coupland Quotes

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world of continuous miracles would not be a world, it would be a cartoon.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: December 30, 1961

Topics

WorldMiraclesAskCartoonFabric

Prejudice - a vagrant opinion without visible means of support.

Ambrose Bierce

SupportOpinionPrejudiceWithout

Change is the only constant, whether it's in music, culture, dance or fashion.

Sonu Nigam

ChangeMusicCultureDanceFashion

The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular.

Rudolf Arnheim

NatureTimeManSameOrganized

For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour.

Mary Kay Ash

FailureActionYouFindTakeJust

We have to know that life cannot be changed by us. It will be changed. But not by us. We can only guide the things that can cause physical change.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

LifeChangeKnowWillThingsUs

What you see on the runway is designed and created in America. That's something we're very proud of.

Joseph Abboud

ProudAmericaYouSeeRunwayVery

I took business classes as a back up but I made movies all the time. I would get my classes done in two days and then spend the rest of the time making my movies.

Dennis Muren

BusinessTimeRestBackDoneMovies

When a man tries to communicate with an animal, there's a relationship between them, and you generally find this between the dog and his master.

David Seltzer

DogRelationshipManAnimalYouHis

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle conceived Sherlock Holmes, why didn't he give the famous consulting detective a few more quirks: a wooden leg, say, and an Oedipus complex? Well, Holmes didn't need many physical tics or personality disorders; the very concept of a consulting detective was still fresh and original in 1887.

Christopher Fowler

PersonalityFamousSayWhyNeedLeg

I just start playing music and eventually I sing something, a line of a verse or a B section or a line of a chorus, and the line that I end up singing is related to the music I'm playing, if that makes any sense. And I go from there.

Bob Seger

MusicSingingStartEndGoLine

Humour is - how do I say this without sounding pompous - it's a huge part of my life.

Martin Freeman

LifeMy LifeSayHumourWithoutHow

If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.

Marlon Brando

BrotherUsKeeperOurHisLeast

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