Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by moving to a different place. Birds migrate, but it's not quite the same thing.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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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.

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...

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.

New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

One of the cruelest things you can do to another person is pretend you care...

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

Florida isn't so much a place where one goes to reinvent oneself, as it is...

Purchased experiences don't count.

Purchased experiences don't count.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you...

Once you establish a look, and once everybody recognizes that look as your look, you...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

Life always kills you in the end, but first it prevents you from getting what...

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...

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.

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?

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

In our heads we're all about 33 years old.

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about...

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

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

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

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes,...

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes,...

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...

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be...

What exactly is it that humans do that is specifically human? There has to be...