Quote by Doug Coupland

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more quickly. You eat less, and because numbness encourages laziness, you do fewer things, good or bad, and the world's probably a better place for it.

There's much to be said for feeling numb. Time passes more q

Summary

This quote suggests that being emotionally numb can have certain benefits. It implies that feeling numb can help time feel like it is passing quickly, as one is not constantly dwelling on emotions. It also implies that numbness can lead to reduced appetite and less motivation to engage in both positive and negative actions. By doing fewer things, the quote implies that this can potentially contribute to making the world a better place, possibly by reducing negative impacts caused by impulsive or harmful behavior.

Topics

Time

By Doug Coupland

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more import

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount.

Positive

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciatio

Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others.

Gordon B. Hinckley

Inspirational

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put tr

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to put trust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. B

I told my agents that I didn't want to go on the audition. But as that was happening I called my mom, who has been watching the show from the beginning, and my mom said, 'It's the coolest show. You have to go.'

Mary Lynn Rajskub

Mom

It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking,

It is not always possible to do away with negative thinking, but with persistence and practice, one can gain mastery over them so that they do not take the upper hand.

Stephen Richards

Beauty

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation

At the time the Sendmail program had a very poor reputation with respect to security, with four root vulnerabilities per year for two successive years.

Respect

I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which inclu

I believe you'll develop speed via strength work which includes hill running, either repeats, or running hilly courses as the Kenyans do on a steady basis.

Strength

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

What is music. A passion for colonies not a love of country.

Music

Cities are the abyss of the human species.

Cities are the abyss of the human species.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind p

there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creatureAnd yet she had loved him- sometimes. Often she had not. What did it matter! What could love, the unsolved mystery, count for in the face of this possession of self-assertion which she suddenly recognized as the strongest impulse of her being.

Freedom Love Monotonous

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be cl

I used to listen to my dad a lot as a way of trying to be close to him, as well, because my parents were divorced and I didn't spend that much time with him. And I used to put headphones on and listen to my dad talk and sing and I found that quite... bonding with him, in a weird way.

Dad

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Chris

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.

Abstinence