Douglas Coupland Quotes

You can get a subjective and highly factual dossier on most anyone in the public realm almost instantly. It's why publishers don't worry about author photos any more; people just Google a person and get on with things.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleWorryYouPersonWhyGoogle

There's an old rule of thumb in politics that 90 percent of all 90 year-olds vote and 25 percent of all 25 year-olds vote.

Joe Kennedy III

PoliticsVoteOldRulePercent

I wasn't even singing when we first started Lion Babe, so my voice has only gotten stronger.

Jillian Hervey

LionSingingVoiceStrongerFirst

Surrogacy used to be difficult, because the woman that was carrying the child was biologically related to the child. And sometimes you can still do it that way, but you do not have to do it that way anymore.

Joan Lunden

WomanChildYouSometimesWayUsed

I've changed my mind about the interview. I shall never give interviews.

Maude Adams

MindNeverInterviewGiveInterviews

Different cultures have different predilections for different kinds of crime.

Ann Coulter

CrimeDifferent CulturesCultures

The God of the Hebrews is a God that human language, we're not even supposed to speak the holy name. We were told in the Second Commandment we could make no images of this God, and I don't think that means just building idols, I think that means also trying to believe you've captured God in your words, in the Creeds, in the Scriptures.

John Shelby Spong

GodWordsBuildingBelieveThink

The Shakespeare that Shakespeare became is the name that's attached to these astonishing objects that he left behind.

Stephen Greenblatt

NameLeftBehindObjectsHeBecame

I believe in ceremony. I think ceremony is important, pomp and circumstance, tradition. I'm into those things.

Rob Lowe

BelieveThinkTraditionImportant

My viewers are smart. They know I have a contract with a TV show and that I make a lot of money.

Judy Sheindlin

MoneySmartKnowContractShowMake

July is high burglary season because so many people leave town. To help avoid making that obvious, suspend your newspaper subscription and have your mail held. Another clear indication is if all your lights are off for an extended period. To fix that, you can buy a timer for about $30.

Jean Chatzky

PeopleHelpYouLightsNewspaper

We won't do something different for different's sake. Designers cave in to marketing, to the corporate agenda, which is sort of, 'Oh, it looks like the last one; can't we make it look different?' Well no, there's no reason to.

Jonathan Ive

LookMarketingLooksCaveReason

There can be an extremist idea of purity. It's so easy to fall afoul of the ridiculously high standard set there.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

EasyFallPurityHighIdeaSet

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Douglas Coupland