Douglas Adams Quotes about Giving

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I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing. Oh, says man, but the Babel Fish is a dead give-away, isn't it? It proves You exist, and so therefore You don't. Q.E.D.

"I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel Fish is a dead give-away, isn't it? It proves You exist, and so therefore You don't. Q.E.D." "Oh, I hadn't thought of that," says God, who promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

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Atheist, Men, Giving

"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Book by Douglas Adams, Chapter 6, 1979.

The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

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Depression, Giving, Mad

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.167, Pan Macmillan

Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet

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Technology, Names, Giving

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves.

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Thinking, Mirrors, Giving

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.28, Pan Macmillan

In moments of great stress, every life form that exists gives out a tiny subliminal signal.

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Stress, Giving, Tiny

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.24, Pan Macmillan

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.

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Meaningful, Giving, Brain

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

If I want to read something that's really giving me something serious and fundamental to think about, about the human condition, if you like, or what we're all doing here, or what's going on, then I'd rather read something by a scientist in the life sciences, like Richard Dawkins, for instance.

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Thinking, Giving, Fundamentals

Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.127, Pan Macmillan