Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a...

If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a...

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

I know it's not cat food, but what exactly is it that they put inside...

Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

I think that in the future, clocks won't say three o'clock anymore. They'll just get...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

Most of us have only two or three genuinely interesting moments in our lives; the...

If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?

If you're not a tree hugger, then you're a what, a tree hater?

Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.

Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.

Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in...

Salad bars are like a restaurant's lungs. They soak up the impurities and bacteria in...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Too much free time is certainly a monkey's paw in disguise. Most people can't handle...

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

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

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

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger...

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and...

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

When we constantly ask for miracles, we're unraveling the fabric of the world. A world...

I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the...

I want pills called September 10. You take one and your mind feels like the...

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

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

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