Douglas Coupland Quotes

I like being surrounded by good ideas. Every single time you walk past something you like, you get a blast of happy chemicals to the brain, and I like that.

Douglas Coupland

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodTimeWalkPastHappyIdeas

I wanted to be the next Dana Carvey. This was my ultimate goal. If I ever cut into a birthday cake and made a wish, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' If I threw a coin into a fountain, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.' If I saw a shooting star, I would wish to be on 'Saturday Night Live.'

Jimmy Fallon

BirthdayLiveCakeNightWishGoal

Generally, what people tend to underestimate is the cyborg nature of Groupon. We are a company that has the DNA of being both a technology company and a heavily operational company.

Andrew Mason

NatureTechnologyPeopleDNACompany

Tough times call for tough choices and pinching every penny.

John Hickenlooper

Tough TimesToughChoicesPennyCall

We can start with housing, the sturdiest of footholds for economic mobility. A national affordable housing program would be an anti-poverty effort, human capital investment, community improvement plan, and public health initiative all rolled into one.

Matthew Desmond

CommunityHealthImprovementEffort

Comedy has allowed me to be my 100-percent-true self, as opposed to other places, where I feel like that's been a hindrance. Whether it's music or poetry or hosting, people want you to be something else: they want you to be packaged in a certain way.

Amanda Seales

MusicPoetryPeopleMeSelfComedy

I have aspirations to conquer the world. Let's see what happens.

Sonam Kapoor

WorldConquerSeeAspirations

As a person navigating the waters of public scrutiny, you are often unable to hold on to personal heroes or villains. Inevitably you will meet your hero, and he may turn out to be less than impressive, while your villain turns out to be the coolest cat you've ever met.

Rob Lowe

HeroVillainYouPersonMeetHeroes

I can't talk fellowship to you who are gathered here. Too much blood has been spilled. I know from my experience it is up to the working people to save themselves. The only way they can save themselves is by a strong working-class movement.

Rose Schneiderman

ExperiencePeopleStrongYouKnow

There is a lot of risk in the tech sector.

Lou Jiwei

RiskTechLotSector

Instead of art I have taught philosophy. Though technique for me is a big word, I never have taught how to paint. All my doing was to make people to see.

Josef Albers

ArtPeopleMeDoingPhilosophySee

If nobody needs me - and usually, these days, they don't - I'll fall asleep until around midnight. Then I go upstairs and work until 4 A.M., and that's when I go back to bed for good. It suits me.

Diana Gabaldon

WorkGoodMeSuitsFallBack

I much preferred Latin to Greek. I loved the language being such a pattern that you could not shift a word without the whole sentence falling to pieces.

Alice Oswald

LanguageLovedYouFallingWithout

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