"Failure is authentic, and because it's authentic, it's real and genuine, and because of that, it's a pure state of being."
-Doug Coupland
FailureView Quote
"We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.“
-Doug Coupland
posted in History
Other Quotes by Doug Coupland
Discover more inspiring quotes by Doug Coupland
"Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure."
-Doug Coupland
PowerView Quote
"Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them."
-Doug Coupland
MusicView Quote
"If a building looks better under construction than it does when finished, then it's a failure."
-Doug Coupland
FailureView Quote
"Sometimes failure isn't an opportunity in disguise, it's just you."
-Doug Coupland
FailureView Quote
"Everybody past a certain age, regardless of how they look on the outside, pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives."
-Doug Coupland
DreamsView Quote
Same Category
More quotes in this category
"Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That's why we call it the present."
-Babatunde Olatunji
HistoryView Quote
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."
-Winston Churchill
HistoryView Quote
"Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages."
-Auguste Rodin
HistoryView Quote
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
-Desmond Tutu
HistoryView Quote
"History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are."
-David McCullough
HistoryView Quote
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
-H. G. Wells
HistoryView Quote