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

Quote by Doug Coupland

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With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in...

With Google I'm starting to burn out on knowing the answer to everything. People in...

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

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...

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...

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...

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much...

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...

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

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

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?

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...

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff...

If I think too much about all of those Chinese factories where all the stuff...

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Where does personality end and brain damage begin?

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's...

Every human being you see in the course of a day has a problem that's...

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...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend...

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

When you crop the photo, you tell a lie.

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year,...

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

I find it hard to believe that human beings are the crowning achievement of life...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...

If God drives a car, He'd drive a 1973 Ford LTD Brougham sedan with a...

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...