Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
We decided that the French could never write user-friendly software because they're so rude.
Douglas Coupland
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Douglas Coupland
Age: 62
Born: 1961
Born: December 30
Artist
Designer
Fashion Designer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Sculptor
Writer
Douglas Campbell Coupland
Write
Writing
User
Never
Rude
Users
Software
Friendly
French
Decided
More quotes by Douglas Coupland
I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life they merely get used to it.
Douglas Coupland
Give parents the tiniest of confidences and they'll use them as crowbars to jimmy you open and rearrange your life with no perspective.
Douglas Coupland
Life is boring. People are vengeful. Good things always end. We do so many things and we don’t know why, and if we do find out why, it’s decades later and knowing why doesn’t matter any more.
Douglas Coupland
STRANGELOVE REPRODUCTION: Having children to make up for the fact that one no longer believes in the future.
Douglas Coupland
What if it was cats who invented technology, would they have TV shows starring rubber sqeaky toys?
Douglas Coupland
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
Douglas Coupland
The Sugar Frosted Nutsack is fantastic. It's volcanic and sexy and utterly unlike anything I've read before. It feels like the future in a dazzling way that has nothing to do with looking backward. It's been a long wait for a new novel from Mark Leyner, but worth it. Ten out of ten from me.
Douglas Coupland
Figure out what it is in life you don't do well, and then don't do it.
Douglas Coupland
Earth was not built for six billion people all running around and being passionate about things. The world was built for about two million people foraging for roots and grubs.
Douglas Coupland
At least when you're young you're also stupid.
Douglas Coupland
...we're told by TV and Reader's Digest that a crisis will trigger massive personal change--and that those big changes will make the pain worthwhile. But from what he could see, big change almost never happens. People simply feel lost. They have no idea what to say or do or feel or think. they become messes and tend to remain messes.
Douglas Coupland
Where does personality end and brain damage begin?
Douglas Coupland
Telling people they look relaxed makes them look relaxed.
Douglas Coupland
The person who needs the other person the least in a relationship is the stronger member.
Douglas Coupland
New York is a theme park for people with IQs over 108.
Douglas Coupland
Marketing is essentially about feeding the poop back to diners fast enough to make them think they're still getting real food.
Douglas Coupland
And in his heart, I think, he's now learned what I came to believe, which is, as I've said all along, that the sun may burn brightly, and the faces of children may be plump and achingly sweet, but in the air we breathe, in the water we drink and in the food we share, there will always be darkness in this world.
Douglas Coupland
There's nothing cute or funny or lovable about being cheap. It's a total turn-off.
Douglas Coupland
I have trouble with seafood because it tastes like a dock.
Douglas Coupland
Why do most of us make such boring choices for the stories of our lives?
Douglas Coupland
