You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.

Quote by Doug Coupland

Topics: Doug Coupland Quotes

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that...

People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that...

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...

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Star Trek characters never go shopping.

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world...

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

Feeling unique is no indication of uniqueness.

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...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

Unhappiness is something we are never taught about; we are taught to expect happiness, but...

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

Ten commandments yet seven deadly sins: conflict?

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.

You can only fall in love six times in your life. Choose wisely.

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...

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

Cloning is great. If God made the original, then making copies should be fine.

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...

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

Only losers make decisions when things are bad. The time to rejig your life is...

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

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

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...

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...

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less,...

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less,...

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...

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...