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

Quote by Doug Coupland

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It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history...

It's very strange that most people don't care if their knowledge of their family history...

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...

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

Lottery tickets are a surtax on desperation.

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

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

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Human beings are the only animal that thinks they change who they are simply by...

Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.

Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.

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...

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and...

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of...

When future archaeologists dig up the remains of California, they're going to find all of...

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...

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

If nothing else, we simply get used to being alive.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

You can't fake creativity, competence, or sexual arousal.

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...

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

You can never become rich unless you like rich people.

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...

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 have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.

I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.

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.