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1 " How could a person have and do all these stupid things--clip coupons and double lock the front door--and then one day just cease to exist? "
― J. Courtney Sullivan , Commencement
2 " Hell, there're already too many psychologists; too many everythings. Too many engineers, too many chemists, too many doctors, too many dentists, too many sociologists. There aren't enough people who can actually do anything, really know how to make this world work.When you thing about it; when you look at the way it really is; God, we've got - well, let's say, there's 100 percent. Half of these are under eighteen or over sixty-five; that is not working. This leaves the middle fifty percent. Half of these are women; most are so busy having babies or taking care of kids, they're totally occupied. Some of them work, too, so let's say we're down to 30 percent. Ten percent are doctors or lawyers or sociologists or psychologists or dentists or businessmen or artists or writers, or schoolteachers, or priests, ministers, rabbis; none of there are actually producing anything, they're only servicing people. So now we're down to 20 percent. At least 2 or 3 percent are living on trusts or clipping coupons or are just rich. That leaves 17 percent. Seven percent of these are unemployed, mostly on purpose! So in the end we've got 10 percent producing all the food, constructing the houses, building and repairing all the roads, developing electricity, working in the mines, building cars, collecting garbage; all the dirty work, all the real work.Everybody's just looking for some gimmick so they don't have to actually do anything. And the worst part is, the ones who do the work get paid the least. "
3 " The onset of adulthood is an organic, creeping process. No one wakes up one day and decides, " Lo, on this day I shall forever put away childish things and begin clipping coupons to go to Wal-Mart. "
4 " Mr. B used to take the Denver Post and clip coupons in his sunny dining room till he said he 'got fed up with having to pay for it.' Now, he clips coupons from the library’s newspaper copy. The man’s circumspect ways have, of course, kept him situated in his own home throughout the aging process, which he likes. "
― Lynn Byk quoting Mister B.
5 " Old age is having the name of a chiropractor in your wallet. It's cutting out coupons for the zeal of discounted small items and the practice of fine motor skills. "
― Dominic Smith , The Last Painting of Sara de Vos
6 " You don’t know the protocol for any kind of anniversary." " Fuck you." Cam's mouth slanted into a smirk. " If you're gonna bitch, maybe I should just give you flowers and chocolate next year." " Beats the blow-job coupons you gave me." Austin grinned wryly,-- Austin & Cam "
7 " In the face of postwar austerity, hundreds of brides-to-be across the country sent Princess Elizabeth their clothing coupons so that she could have the dress of their dreams. "