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Douglas Adams Quotes - Page 22

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Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.

Done, Madness, Felt

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

He turned slowly like a fridge door opening.

Doors, Fridges, Opening

Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

Trillian had come to suspect that the main reason [Zaphood] had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.

Successful, Reason, Significance

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.60, Pan Macmillan

Imagine" he said, "never even thinking, 'We are alone,' simply because it has never occurred to you to think that there's any other way to be.

Thinking, Way, Imagine

Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they ask me to take you down to the bridge. Call that job satisfaction? ’Cos I don’t.” He turned and walked back to the hated door. “Er, excuse me,” said Ford following after him, “which government owns this ship?” Marvin ignored him. “You watch this door,” he muttered, “it’s about to open again. I can tell by the intolerable air of smugness it suddenly generates.

Jobs, Government, Air

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

Science fiction that's just about people wandering around in space ships shooting each other with ray guns is very dull. I like it when it enables you to do fairly radical reinterpretations of human experience, just to show all the different interpretations that can be put on apparently fairly simple and commonplace events. That I find fun.

Fun, Gun, Simple

The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a system at all and that it wasn't something that was just there.

Men, Long, Planets

"Last Chance to See". Book by Douglas Adams. Chapter 6: "Rare, or Medium Rare?", 1990.

I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I’ve thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing.

Writing, Years, Fascination

Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.88, Pan Macmillan

Who is this god person anyway?

Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Hitchhikers Guide, Persons

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.181, Pan Macmillan

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

Art, Writing, Creativity

Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.126, Pan Macmillan

If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?

Would Be, Ifs, No Point

Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

But while nature has considerable resilience, there is a limit to how far that resilience can be stretched. No one knows how close to the limit we are getting. The darker it gets, the faster we're driving

Nature, Resilience, Limits

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.204, Ballantine Books

Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways, as a sort of existential protest, demanded participation in the decision-making process and finally took to squatting in basements sulking. An impoverished hitch-hiker visiting any planets in the Sirius star system these days can pick up easy money working as a counsellor for neurotic elevators.

Stars, Decision, Frustrated

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe". Book by Douglas Adams, Chapter 6, 1980.

I teleported home last night with Ron and Sid and Meg Ron stole Meggy's heart away and I got Sidney's leg.

Home, Heart, Night

Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.

Science, Mind, Impossible

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.683, Del Rey

Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.

One Word, Inevitability

Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public, the perpetrator would be shunned, barred from polite society, and in extreme cases shot through the lungs, are now thought to be very healthy and proper, and their use in everyday speech and writing is evidence of a well-adjusted, relaxed and totally un****ed-up personality.

Writing, Expression, Personality

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.516, Del Rey

It was one of those pictures that children are supposed to like but don't. Full of endearing little animals doing endearing things, you know?

Children, Animal, Littles

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.76, Pan Macmillan

Stomp stomp. Whirr. Pleased to be of service. Shut up. Thank you. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. Thank you for making a simple door very happy. Hope your diodes rot. Thank you. Have a nice day. Stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. It is my pleasure to open for you... Zark off. ...and my satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done. I said zark off. Thank you for listening to this message.

Jobs, Nice, Simple

Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.333, Pan Macmillan

How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out.

Military, Arthur, Passing

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

What was the self-sacrifice?" I jettisoned half of a much-loved and I think irreplaceable pair of shoes." Why was that self-sacrifice?" Because they were mine!" said Ford, crossly. I think we have different value systems." Well mine's better.

Sacrifice, Thinking, Self

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.130, Pan Macmillan

Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast.

People, Bypass, Finding Your Path

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.27, Del Rey

In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research laboratories running around inside wheels and conduction frighteningly elegant and subtle experiments on man. The fact that once again man completely misinterpreted this relationship was entirely according to these creatures’ plans.

Running, Intelligent, Men

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.105, Pan Macmillan

He felt a spasm of excitement because he knew instinctively who it was, or at least knew who it was he wanted it to be, and once you know what it is you want to be true, instinct is a very useful device for enabling you to know that it is.

Enabling, Want, Excitement

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.38, Pan Macmillan

One of the most important things you learn from the internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It’s just an awful lot of 'us.'

Important, Awful, Internet

"How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Internet". Essay by Douglas Adams, first published in The Sunday Times, 1999.

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