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Douglas Adams Quotes - Page 23

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He almost danced to the fridge, found the three least hairy things in it, put them on a plate and watched them intently for two minutes. Since they made no attempt to move within that time he called them breakfast and

He almost danced to the fridge, found the three least hairy things in it, put them on a plate and watched them intently for two minutes. Since they made no attempt to move within that time he called them breakfast and ate them. Between them they killed a virulent space disease he'd picked up without knowing it in the Flargathon Gas Swamps a few days earlier, which otherwise would have killed off half the population of the Western Hemisphere, blinded the other half, and driven everyone else psychotic and sterile, so the Earth was lucky there.

Moving, Two, Knowing

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.510, Pan Macmillan

Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.

Men, Way, Contradiction

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.51, Pan Macmillan

I am terribly proud of-I was born in Cambridge in 1952 and my initials are DNA!

Dna, Proud, Birth

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.127, Del Rey

Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.

Arriving, Would Be, Hours

Douglas Adams (2014). “The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.28, Simon and Schuster

The Presidents job, is not to wield power himself, but to lead attention away from it.

Jobs, Hippie, President

What do you get if you multiply six by nine?" "Six by nine. Forty two." "That's it. That's all there is." "I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe

Two, Nine, Six

The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.

Stories, Letters, Moral

Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.281, Pan Macmillan

The waiter approached. 'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?' 'Huh?' said Ford. 'Huh?' said Arthur. 'Huh?' said Trillian. 'That’s cool,' said Zaphod. 'We'll meet the meat.

Meat, Arthur, Dishes

Douglas Adams (2008). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.111, Del Rey

You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know because you know what you know. What I see and what I know cannot be added to what you see and what you know because they are not of the same kind. Neither can it replace what you see and what you know, because that would be to replace you yourself." "Hang on, can I write this down?" said Arthur, excitedly fumbling in his pocket for a pencil.

Writing, Pockets, Would Be

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume”, p.830, Del Rey

When the girl sitting at the next table looked away from a moment, Dirk leaned over and took her coffee. He knew that he was perfectly safe doing this because she would simply not be able to believe that this had happened.

Girl, Coffee, Believe

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.317, Simon and Schuster

I seem to be having tremendous difficulty with my life-style

Style, Difficulty, Life Style

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.127, Pan Macmillan

When you walk through the storm, hold your head high And don't be afraid of the dark! At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet song of the lark. Walk on through the wind Walk on through the rain Though your dreams be tossed & blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone!

Dream, Song, Sweet

Here, for whatever reason, is the world. And here it stays. With me on it.

World, Reason, Stay With Me

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.78, Pan Macmillan

The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor had they been since he had made the error of looking into his soul. It had indeed been an error. It had been late one night-- of course. It had been a difficult day-- of course. There had been soulful music playing on the ship's sound system-- of course. And he had, of course, been slightly drunk. In other words, all the usual conditions that bring on a bout of soul searching had applied, but it had, nevertheless, clearly been an error.

Night, Errors, Light

Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.

Shut Up, Humming, Marvin

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.96, Pan Macmillan

There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.

Oddities, Perspective, World

Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.108, Pan Macmillan

The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, whilst the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck anyway, and certainly not whilst it, the second duck, was busy flying.

Party, Two, Ducks

Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.104, Pan Macmillan

Don't blame you," said Marvin and counted five hundred and ninety-seven thousand million sheep before falling asleep again a second later.

Fall, Sheep, Blame

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.101, Pan Macmillan

To Trin Tragula's horror, the shock completely annihilated her brain; but to his satisfaction he realized that he had proved conclusively that if life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.

Brain, Satisfaction, Size

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.

Children, Stupid, Intelligent

Douglas Adams (2013). “Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

It was his subconscious which told him this - that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.

Meaningful, Giving, Brain

"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul". Book by Douglas Adams, 1988.

Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.

Funny, Laughter, Prayer

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.

Men, Perfectly Natural, Wealth

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.81, Pan Macmillan

Life! Don't talk to me about life!

Life, Hitchhiking, Talk To Me

Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) ch. 11

For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and satisfied, drove on into the night.

Night, Two, Feel Good

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.485, Pan Macmillan

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