People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

Quote by Doug Coupland

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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 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...

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,...

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

We're rapidly approaching a world comprised entirely of jail and shopping.

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

It also allows you to look as though you're not particularly from the present, future...

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

If cats were double the size they are now, they'd probably be illegal.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

The future and eternity are two entirely different things.

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

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...

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you.

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be...

You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the...

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

High school is such a shared experience in North American culture.

I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them...

I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them...

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

Your body isn't just a body. It's an ecosystem.

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the...

Sometimes it feels as if everything in life is just something we haul into the...

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

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

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...