Douglas Coupland Quotes

I think way back, the '20s or the '30s, when Kodak came out with the Brownie and they put a list of instructions on the box, like how to use this thing, I think someone arbitrarily said, 'Make sure the person in the photograph is smiling.' And we went from that one sort of set of industrial instructions to this whole culture of perkiness.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

CultureThinkSomeoneSmilingBack

Sometimes success means having the right idea in the right place at the right time. Other times, it's about not being afraid to quit and move onto something new.

John Rampton

SuccessTimePlaceRight TimeNew

For me, if I were to be at home in any kind of style, it is more comedy than anything else.

Rufus Sewell

HomeStyleMeComedyKindMore

Everyone's got crazy fans! But honestly, the crazy fans are where it's at, because they know all the lyrics to the songs that you're singing, and they're dancing and having a great time. You can really enjoy performing for them, even more than you can enjoy performing for someone that's not crazy.

Ross Lynch

GreatTimeCrazySingingSomeone

There is something a little vulgar about writing a novel that is too close to the present, too concerned with current events, too eager to critique technological advancements.

Michelle Dean

WritingPresentEventsTechnological

An earthquake strikes Haiti, and care packages from America are among the first to arrive - and not far behind are former Presidents Clinton and Bush.

Mitt Romney

CareAmericaFirstHaitiEarthquake

I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.

Mo Ibrahim

BusinessPeopleNeverHeroesUp

I am not a fan of rats or pigeons. In New York City, they have become very confident. When I was a child, you went on the subways, and the rats would stay down on the tracks, but now they hang out on the platform.

Julia Stiles

I AmNew YorkChildCityConfident

People tell you what you have to wear and do, and I've never been a fan of it.

Christina Grimmie

PeopleYouNeverTellWearBeen

That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.

Cordell Hull

WarDirectionDevelopmentLimitless

Maybe I would have become an actor. I was a very outgoing kid, but being in the hospital - being outside of social action for so long - turned me into an observer. Actually, right after I got out of the hospital, I did start writing a novel, but the book was so transparently about me that I stopped.

Brent Runyon

MeWritingStartActionBookLong

The sport I love has taken me around the world and shown me many things.

Bonnie Blair

LoveMeWorldThingsTakenAround

I'm like tax. You're going to pay one way or the other.

Shaquille O'Neal

YouTaxWayPayGoingLike

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