--- title: "21 Think Quotes By Douglas Coupland" description: "21 Think quotes by Douglas Coupland. Plus more from Douglas Coupland and more Think sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/douglas-coupland-305_control_i-think-god-is-how-you-deal-with-everyth_2856854.jpg" --- > [I think God is how you deal with everything that's out of your own control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-god-is-how-you-deal-with-everything-that-s-out-of-your-own/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/douglas-coupland-305_control_i-think-god-is-how-you-deal-with-everyth_2856854.jpg) > [I think social and moral disengagement is repugnant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-social-and-moral-disengagement-is-repugnant/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/douglas-coupland-305_character_i-think-social-and-moral-disengagement-i_814796.jpg) > [I think there is a Paris inside us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-there-is-a-paris-inside-us-all/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/douglas-coupland-305_inside_i-think-there-is-a-paris-inside-us-all-2_2560104.jpg) > [I think most people either forget or don't know that Microsoft only hires people with I.Q.'s well over 130.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-most-people-either-forget-or-don-t-know-that-microsoft-only/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fe/douglas-coupland-305_either_i-think-most-people-either-forget-or-don_2079947.jpg) > [Some people think fashion is frivolous but it's not... it's just that some ideas come and go quickly, and that's the nature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/some-people-think-fashion-is-frivolous-but-it-s-not-it-s-just-that/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dcb/douglas-coupland-305_come_some-people-think-fashion-is-frivolous-b_2171457.jpg) > [I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-don-t-think-anyone-ever-gets-over-anything-in-life-they-merely-get/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0d/douglas-coupland-305_get-over_i-don-t-think-anyone-ever-gets-over-anyt_3080393.jpg) > [I get verklempt if I see a vintage TI-30 or TI-54 calculator. But I don't think I'd want to use one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-get-verklempt-if-i-see-a-vintage-ti-30-or-ti-54-calculator-but-i/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/douglas-coupland-305_calculator_i-get-verklempt-if-i-see-a-vintage-ti-30_1367775.jpg) > [I think Americans are weirdly puritanistic about psychopharmaceuticals. There are millions of people out there who would otherwise be dead or rocking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-americans-are-weirdly-puritanistic-about/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/douglas-coupland-305_about_i-think-americans-are-weirdly-puritanist_1944687.jpg) > [Whatever happened to books? Suddenly everybody's talking about these 100-hour movies called 'Breaking Bad'. People are talking about TV the same way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/whatever-happened-to-books-suddenly-everybody-s-talking-about-these/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/douglas-coupland-305_about_whatever-happened-to-books-suddenly-ever_501971.jpg) > [When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/when-you-write-it-s-just-a-much-more-crystalline-compressed-version/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/douglas-coupland-305_i-think_when-you-write-it-s-just-a-much-more-cry_1963144.jpg) > [I think as a species we're not designed to be able to think more than one year into the future - if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-as-a-species-we-re-not-designed-to-be-able-to-think-more-than/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/douglas-coupland-305_able_i-think-as-a-species-we-re-not-designed_2844329.jpg) > [I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-that-to-acknowledge-a-new-generation-is-to-acknowledge-some/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/024/douglas-coupland-305_acknowledge_i-think-that-to-acknowledge-a-new-genera_3116542.jpg) > [I don't think I see the world in terms of stupid or clever, but in terms of being able to get irony.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-don-t-think-i-see-the-world-in-terms-of-stupid-or-clever-but-in/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84f/douglas-coupland-305_able_i-don-t-think-i-see-the-world-in-terms-o_1535859.jpg) > [When you think about Twitter and you think what a dumb stupid throwaway technology, and then you have the Iranian elections and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/when-you-think-about-twitter-and-you-think-what-a-dumb-stupid/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/douglas-coupland-305_about_when-you-think-about-twitter-and-you-thi_2505545.jpg) > [I'm a visual thinker. Research tells us that only 20 per cent of people think visually. So what about the other 80…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-m-a-visual-thinker-research-tells-us-that-only-20-per-cent-of/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/douglas-coupland-305_about_i-m-a-visual-thinker-research-tells-us-t_2066208.jpg) > [I think way back, the '20s or the '30s, when Kodak came out with the Brownie and they put a list of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-way-back-the-20s-or-the-30s-when-kodak-came-out-with-the/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/douglas-coupland-305_back_i-think-way-back-the-20s-or-the-30s-when_1173976.jpg) > [I connect fashion to other peoples' elegance, but not my own. I don't think I've ever felt elegant. I've felt appropriate, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-connect-fashion-to-other-peoples-elegance-but-not-my-own-i-don-t/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba7/douglas-coupland-305_appropriate_i-connect-fashion-to-other-peoples-elega_1254303.jpg) > [Bespoke tailoring: yes! I found this one pair of pants - they're Canali - and brought them into a tailor and said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/bespoke-tailoring-yes-i-found-this-one-pair-of-pants-they-re-canali/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfc/douglas-coupland-305_about_bespoke-tailoring-yes-i-found-this-one-p_3048447.jpg) > [I think half the people who get married now have met online. If I think about all the people in my life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-half-the-people-who-get-married-now-have-met-online-if-i/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/douglas-coupland-305_about_i-think-half-the-people-who-get-married_2358221.jpg) > [I decided at 40 I was wasting entire chunks of my brain and didn't want to blow my one chance on Earth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-decided-at-40-i-was-wasting-entire-chunks-of-my-brain-and-didn-t/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/douglas-coupland-305_about_i-decided-at-40-i-was-wasting-entire-chu_1592831.jpg) > [If you waste five minutes of time a day, over the course of a year that adds up to one full work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/if-you-waste-five-minutes-of-time-a-day-over-the-course-of-a-year/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/douglas-coupland-305_adds_if-you-waste-five-minutes-of-time-a-day_1102123.jpg) ## Other authors on Think ## More by Douglas Coupland > [And in your new lives you'll have to live entirely for that one sensation-that of imminent truth. And you're going to have to holler…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/and-in-your-new-lives-you-ll-have-to-live-entirely-for-that-one/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [A man in a bookstore buys a book on loneliness and every woman in the store hits on him. A woman buys a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/a-man-in-a-bookstore-buys-a-book-on-loneliness-and-every-woman-in-the/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [The future and eternity are two entirely different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/the-future-and-eternity-are-two-entirely-different-things/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [Do you remember how you felt at seventeen? I do and I don't (...) Imagine you came from outer space and someone showed you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/do-you-remember-how-you-felt-at-seventeen-i-do-and-i-don-t-imagine/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [You can't fake competence, creativity, or sexual arousal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/you-can-t-fake-competence-creativity-or-sexual-arousal/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [“But Dag, for all of his efforts, might as well have been talking to a cat. Our parents’ generation seems neither able nor interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/but-dag-for-all-of-his-efforts-might-as-well-have-been-talking-to-a/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [Negative? Moi? I think realistic might be a better word. You mean to tell me we can drive all the way here from L.A.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/negative-moi-i-think-realistic-might-be-a-better-word-you-mean-to/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [It was pivotal in making you but you don't remember it. Or do you? Do we understand the events that make us who we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/it-was-pivotal-in-making-you-but-you-don-t-remember-it-or-do-you-do/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [Your ability to rationalize your own bad deeds makes you believe that the whole world is as amoral as you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/your-ability-to-rationalize-your-own-bad-deeds-makes-you-believe-that/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [“I like to go beach-combing, and I like to find interestingly shaped rocks. When I really get into the groove I start finding beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-like-to-go-beach-combing-and-i-like-to-find-interestingly-shaped/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [“You know, Dag and Claire smile a lot, as do many people I know. But I always wondered if there is something either mechanical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/you-know-dag-and-claire-smile-a-lot-as-do-many-people-i-know-but-i/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [Brain research tells us that only twenty percent of human beings have a sense of irony, which means that eighty percent of the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/brain-research-tells-us-that-only-twenty-percent-of-human-beings-have/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [I keep vampire hours, going to bed at 2 A.M. and waking up at about 10:30-11 A.M.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-keep-vampire-hours-going-to-bed-at-2-a-m-and-waking-up-at-about-10/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [“Anna-Louise leans over and whispers in my ear. "This is so surreal," she says, "I think I'm turning into a melting clock.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/anna-louise-leans-over-and-whispers-in-my-ear-this-is-so-surreal-she/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) > [When you grow up these days, you're told you're going to have four or five different careers during your lifetime. But what they don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/when-you-grow-up-these-days-you-re-told-you-re-going-to-have-four-or/) [Douglas Coupland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-coupland/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/think/douglas-coupland/#itemlist", "name": "21 Think Quotes By Douglas Coupland", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think God is how you deal with everything that's out of your own control.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Coupland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-coupland/i-think-god-is-how-you-deal-with-everything-that-s-out-of-your-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/douglas-coupland-305_control_i-think-god-is-how-you-deal-with-everyth_2856854.jpg", "contentUrl": 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