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

Quote by Doug Coupland

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

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

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

If your life had lyrics, would they be any good?

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

Canadians can easily 'pass for American' as long as we don't accidentally use metric measurements...

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

There's nothing cure or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.

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...

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...

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...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

Being asked what animal you'd like to be is a trick question; you're already an...

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...

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...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

The universe hands you opportunities for a while, and if you don't take them, the...

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...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

Tofu hot dogs are actually scarier than real hot dogs. It's like wanting the worst...

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...

Technology favors horrible people.

Technology favors horrible people.

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

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

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...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Make your goals big and broad enough so that they never become answered prayers and...

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad ever lasts for very very long.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.