Douglas Coupland Quotes

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleRootsWorldEarthPassionate

Either 'Deuce Coupe' has aged badly, or I have. I suspect it's the latter.

Robert Gottlieb

EitherSuspectAgedLatterBadly

Where conscious subjectivity is concerned, there is no distinction between the observation and the thing observed.

John Searle

ObservationWhereBetweenConcerned

When is population going to become an accepted part of the food debate? If it's fine to encourage people to think about halving their meat consumption, can we really not cope with a conversation about how many children we have?

Tristram Stuart

ChildrenFoodPeopleThinkDebate

I abhor discrimination. The way I was raised was like most Hoosiers, with the golden rule, that you should do unto others what you'd have them do unto you.

Mike Pence

DiscriminationYouGoldenWayOthers

My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing.

Lucy Hale

LoveFamousDreamBecomeStarSing

Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.

Joseph Roux

SciencePoetryLearnKnowWhoThose

Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions, and even through their unity, spawn true American greatness.

Cory Booker

BestTogetherGreatnessUnityTrue

What this denomination stands for is, really, is the universal vision of all people being treated fairly under the law as God sees us in His sight.

Clementa C. Pinckney

GodVisionPeopleLawSightUs

When what you do is play characters every day, all day, I wasn't really interested in playing a pop star on the weekends.

Brie Larson

DayYouEvery DayPlayWeekendsPop

I don't know, I'm literally the most awkward, socially strange person.

Phoebe Tonkin

PersonKnowStrangeAwkwardMost

I literally went straight to New York City from Iraq, which was bizarre and complicated. I was walking down Madison Avenue, and it was spring, and people were smartly dressed, and it was so strange because there was no sense that we were at war. It was something to grapple with.

Phil Klay

WarNew YorkSpringPeopleCityNew

I tweet in the morning and the evening. To write 12 hours a day, there is a moment when you're really tired. It's my relaxing time.

Paulo Coelho

MorningTimeMomentDayTiredYou

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