Douglas Coupland Generation A Quotes

#1. Ernest Hemingway was always uneasy in New York and liked being there less than in any other city he frequented. - Author: A. E. Hotchner

#2. Could fulfillment be felt as deeply as loss. - Author: Kiran Desai

#3. How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it? - Author: Douglas Coupland

#4. Why, God? You made man in your own image. Why then do so many lack good sense? And why is that we are so easily drawn to hate and kill each other? Why, God? - Author: Richard Puz

#5. Life is inherently disturbing. That's why we've created the myths-to help us overcome, defend or deny, to transcend the grim reality of what here seems to be. - Author: Laurence Overmire

#6. I think that to acknowledge a new generation is to acknowledge some degree of obsolescence in yourself, and that is very hard to do and often comes with undeniable anger. - Author: Douglas Coupland

#7. I have begun everything with the idea that I could succeed, and I never had much patience with the multitudes of people who are always ready to explain why one cannot succeed. - Author: Booker T. Washington

#8. I think we would look at other possibilities that would deliver further passenger capacity, that would deliver further infrastructure to the north of England but would be better value for taxpayers. - Author: Andrea Leadsom

#9. You know, if you think about it, the most powerful people on this earth probably never raise their voices - they just say it and people hop to, because they have that power. - Author: Erika Slezak

#10. It has come to me with a fight. It has come to me the hard way, through tears and fog and fear and chaos, and now has landed in the palm of my hand like a firefly. There now, I have had my vision. - Author: Shauna Niequist

#11. But Dag, for all of his efforts, might as well have been talking to a cat. Our parents' generation seems neither able nor interested in understanding how marketers exploit them. They take shopping at face value. - Author: Douglas Coupland

#12. Which will give you enough time to understand the implications of your decision to the fullest," Dad said.
I whirled on him. "Okay,first of all, no one talks like that. Secondly, I do understand the implications of my decision. Removing my powers will keep me from potentially killing someone. - Author: Rachel Hawkins

#13. There is no regularly constituted church of Christ on earth, nor any person qualified to administer any church ordinances; nor can there be until new apostles are sent by the Great Head of the Church for whose coming I am seeking. - Author: Roger Williams

#14. The male intimacy and raw honesty was already developing on the page 'Oscillate Wildly' with these characters. Being explicit would not only distract and alienate certain audiences, it would limit who has access to the film, and that's something I think a lot about with this story. - Author: Travis Mathews

#15. [He] didn't like to think of himself as vain, but there were definitely times when he wished there was someone on hand to take his photograph. - Author: David Nicholls

#16. The most inspiring leaders are those who ... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams. - Author: Carmine Gallo