You wait for fate to bring about the changes in life which you should be bringing about by yourself.
Douglas CouplandTV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.
Douglas CouplandYou really have to wonder why we even bother to get up in the morning. I mean, really: Why work? Simply to buy more stuff? That's just not enough. Look at us all. What's the common assumption that got us all from there to here? What makes us deserve the ice cream and running shoes and wool Italian suits we have? I mean, I see all of us trying so hard to acquire so much stuff, but I can't help but feeling that we didn't merit it.
Douglas Coupland