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.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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I've got 911 on speed dial.

I've got 911 on speed dial.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Before machines the only form of entertainment people really had was relationships.

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

Is there anything in the world more annoyingly creepy than an unspoken dress code?

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

Try not thinking of peeling an orange. Try not imagining the juice running down your...

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

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

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...

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear...

Royalty is either going to do very well with cloning, or it's going to disappear...

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.

Technology favors horrible people.

Technology favors horrible people.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

Adventure without risk is Disneyland.

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

Birds are a miracle because they prove to us there is a finer, simpler state...

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.

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that...

There are three things we cry about in life, things that are lost, things that...

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

Quick. Name ten dead redheads.

Quick. Name ten dead redheads.

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the...

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

What if God exists except it turns out he doesn't really like people very much?

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.