Doug Coupland

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#clothes #hair #listening #look #off

People will always choose more money over more sex. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#choose #money #more #over #people

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#failure #just #opportunity #sometimes #you

Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#makes #people #relaxed #telling #them

The harder you try to become the opposite of your parents, the more quickly you become them. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#harder #more #opposite #parents #quickly

There's a lot to be said for having a small manageable dream. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#having #lot #manageable #said #small

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but never a Plan B to use to use when the happiness doesn't arrive. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#arrive #expect #happiness #never #plan

We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#could #decided #french #never #rude

We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#current #era #helping #historical #history

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#around #avoid #because #experiences #families