Doug Coupland

You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #cog #eccentric #fear #interchangeable

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#been #billion #common #except #fact

Clowns drink to blot out the ravages of terrifying children for a living. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#children #clowns #drink #living #out

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#good #hairdo #seagulls

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's sucking up at least 70 percent of his or her radar. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#course #day #every #her #his

Everybody has basically the same family, it's just reconfigured slightly differently from one to the next. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#differently #everybody #family #just #next

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#age #being #certain #certain age #constantly

Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#because #being #failure #genuine #pure

Fate is for losers. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#losers

Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it. ↗

— Doug Coupland

#life #out #then #well #you