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Conceited little mega-puppy.

Conceited little mega-puppy.

Conceited, Littles, Puppy

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.20, Pan Macmillan

The available worlds looked pretty grim. They had little to offer him because he had little to offer them. He had been extremely chastened to realize that although he originally came from a world which had cars and computers and ballet and Armagnac, he didn't, by himself, know how any of it worked. He couldn't do it. Left to his own devices he couldn't build a toaster. He could just about make a sandwich and that was it.

Car, Ballet, Toasters

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.74, Pan Macmillan

Nobody likes a whistler, particularly not the divinity that shapes our ends.

Shapes, Divinity, Likes

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.662, Pan Macmillan

The story goes that I first had the idea for The HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.

Lying, Ideas, Drunk

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts".

And so the Universe ended.

Universe

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.91, Pan Macmillan

He shifted his weight from foot to foot, but it was equally uncomfortable on each.

Feet, Weight, Uncomfortable

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.18, Pan Macmillan

It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere.

Nice, Book, Action

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.91, Pan Macmillan

If somebody votes for a party that you don't agree with, you're free to argue about it as much as you like. ... But on the other hand, if somebody says, 'I mustn't move a light switch on a Saturday,' you say, 'Fine, I respect that.'

Moving, Party, Hands

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.137, Del Rey

He has personality problems beyond the dreams of analysts.

Dream, Personality, Problem

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.167, Pan Macmillan

The future of computer power is pure simplicity.

Simplicity, Computer, Pure

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.84, Del Rey

There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature, but, more accurately, I like to have a nice and cosy institution that I can rub up against a little bit.

Nice, Pieces, Littles

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.18, Del Rey

There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note, which means that things can never be quite the same again.

Falling In Love, Mean, Years

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.246, Pan Macmillan

The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Art, Lying, Humor

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.398, Del Rey

Why?' is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you 'What's the time?' or 'When was the battle of 1066?' or 'How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?' The answers are easy and are, respectively, 'Seven-thirty in the evening,' 'Ten-fifteen in the morning,' and 'Don't ask stupid questions.

Morning, Stupid, Difficult Questions

The Hitch Hiker's Guide has not been an opera. It has however been a tapestry, if you count a woven bath towel as a tapestry.

Woven, Opera, Towels

The teacher usually learns more than the pupils. Isn't that true? "It would be hard to learn much less than my pupils," came a low growl from somewhere on the table, "without undergoing a pre-frontal lobotomy."

Teacher, Would Be, Tables

"Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency". Book by Douglas Adams, 1987.

Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms.

Alcohol, Sugar, Liquid

Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.21, Pan Macmillan

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy, Canada is like an intelligent, 35 year old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson.

Country, Intelligent, Boys

It takes a long time before we really get to grips with this [Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species'] and begin to understand it, because not only does it seem incredible and thoroughly demeaning to us, but it's yet another shock to our system to discover that not only are we not the centre of the Universe and we're not made by anything, but we started out as some kind of slime and got to where we are via being a monkey. It just doesn't read well.

Long, Doe, Monkeys

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.133, Del Rey

Even light, which travels so fast it takes most races thousands of years to realize that it travels at all, takes time to journey between the stars.

Stars, Journey, Light

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.57, Pan Macmillan

Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this? Is it a book, is it a movie, is it a this, is it a that, is it a short story, is it a breakfast cereal?" Really, from that moment, your decision about what kind of thing it is then determines how it develops.

Book, Cereal, Ideas

"Douglas Adams" by Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. January 28, 1998.

The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the very last time ever.

Eye, Light, Atheism

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.732, Del Rey

The big corporations are suddenly taking notice of the web, and their reactions have been slow. Even the computer industry failed to see the importance of the Internet, but that's not saying much. Let's face it, the computer industry failed to see that the century would end.

Corporations, Faces, Computer

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

I don’t know what I’m looking for.” “What not?” “Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew I wouldn’t be able to look for them.

Thinking, Looks, Might

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.97, Pan Macmillan

Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them.

Mind, Instinct, Annoyance

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

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