Douglas Coupland Quotes

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ShoppingGoNeverStarCharacters

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy.

Jim Cramer

MoneyPeopleSmallFortuneMadeLot

At the National Institute for Medical Research, I came into contact with biological scientists and formed collaborative projects with several of them. In particular, George Popjak and I shared an interest in cholesterol.

John Cornforth

MedicalResearchContactInterest

Every hour you sit at work increases your mortality 11 percent. Think about that.

Mehmet Oz

WorkThinkYouSitYourPercent

I don't want to be a total moron and be just known as the jazz-handed judge.

Robert Rinder

JudgeWantJustKnownMoronTotal

To be honest, I think bananas are a pathetic fruit.

Andy Murray

FruitThinkHonestTo Be Honest

I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one.

Jean Gabin

SuccessDoorBackGetUnderstood

I love the tragic side. I don't do 'happy' onstage. I like the dark, the disturbed.

Sondra Radvanovsky

LoveHappyDarkSideDisturbedLike

The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.

Robert Fripp

LanguagePossibleRepresentationFact

I treat my writing like a day job, like my main job, even if for many years I was doing other jobs to pay the bills. I worked as a copy editor. I was a medical guinea pig. I was an eBay power seller of ladies' handbags. I was an assistant to a bookie at the horse races. I bartended. I did anything I could to make ends meet.

Miguel Syjuco

PowerDayJobMedicalWritingTreat

Unlike other professions - doctor, lawyer, teacher, journalist, sales clerk, stock broker - when a cop makes a bad mistake, it could mean someone is dead. They take home mental baggage unlike anything carried in almost every other job.

Mike Barnicle

HomeTeacherJobMistakeDoctorBad

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

Joseph O'Neill

LieYouWayDeceptionLittleLike

I really, really like 'Eastbound & Down.' It's one of the few things that makes me laugh. It's almost too funny to get an award.

Denis Leary

FunnyMeLaughAwardDownThings

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