"Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room." ― Doug Coupland Topic(s): Politics Tags: forget, politics More From Doug Coupland "Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it’s been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries." "Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time." "People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people’s families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own." More In Politics "It’s like being at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving – you can put your elbows on it, you don’t have to talk politics… no matter how old I get, there’s always a part of me that’s sitting there."― John Hughes "My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression."― Sally Kirkland "America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration."― Warren G. Harding