Douglas Coupland Quotes

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyPeopleYouOwnPrettyYour

I'm not going to vote for or against somebody because they're old or young.

Joe Kennedy III

YoungVoteOldAgainstGoing

I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance.

John Entwistle

I AmWritingBookPlaceThirdTakes

Certainly it's very difficult to keep momentum going through a film which has as many characters as this does, and the piece took on a life of its own to try and shape it. That took all the time we had in editing.

John Crowley

LifeTimeMomentumEditingTryOwn

What people ought to do is find out what a national park is to begin with.

Michael Frome

PeopleFindBeginOutParkNational

Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libation or prayer.

John Wesley Powell

PrayerDanceYearsFloodCome

The job of uncovering the global food waste scandal started for me when I was 15 years old. I bought some pigs. I was living in Sussex. And I started to feed them in the most traditional and environmentally friendly way. I went to my school kitchen, and I said, 'Give me the scraps that my school friends have turned their noses up at.'

Tristram Stuart

FoodJobSchoolMeKitchenFriends

Our troops are committed to bringing security to Iraq while its government matures. American forces will continue to accomplish their mission with caution, precision and honor with the thanks of a grateful nation.

Mike Fitzpatrick

GratefulGovernmentHonorAmerican

I'm not really easy to live with! There needs to be unlimited patience and unconditional love. Men I've known before loved my independent spirit and were proud of my success, to the point that they'd become jealous of the time I devote to my career.

Milla Jovovich

LoveSuccessPatienceLiveTimeMen

I don't consider myself any great sage of fashion or style, whatever people may want to think.

Jude Law

GreatStyleMyselfPeopleFashion

You not only have to box smart, you have to be ruthless in the ring.

Joseph Parker

SmartYouRingBoxRuthlessOnly

I don't necessarily want kids. A lot of our friends are having children and I don't know if it's for me. I haven't come down hardcore on either side of the argument. I think when people come from a stable family having children becomes a celebration and I'm not sure it would be that way for me.

Jon Hamm

FamilyChildrenPeopleMeThink

I don't know why, but I've always been a sucker for roller coasters in movies.

Diablo Cody

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