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Douglas Adams quotes: You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear. You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy's a fun place. You'll need to have this fish in your ear.
Douglas Adams quotes: The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it. The main reception foyer was almost empty but Ford nevertheless weaved his way through it.
Douglas Adams quotes: I'd far rather be happy than right any day. I'd far rather be happy than right any day.
Douglas Adams quotes: It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end. It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.
Douglas Adams quotes: Life ... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast. Life ... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
Douglas Adams quotes: I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view. I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.
Douglas Adams quotes: I think the idea of art kills creativity. I think the idea of art kills creativity.
Douglas Adams quotes: A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind. A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.
Douglas Adams quotes: Time is not currently one of my problems. - Arthur Dent Time is not currently one of my problems. - Arthur Dent
Douglas Adams quotes: 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? 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?
Douglas Adams quotes: Albacete (AL-ba-seet) n. A single surprisingly long hair growing in the middle of nowhere. Albacete (AL-ba-seet) n. A single surprisingly long hair growing in the middle of nowhere.
Douglas Adams quotes: The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is ... 42! The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is ... 42!
Douglas Adams quotes: This sentence is not true This sentence is not true
Douglas Adams quotes: Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up. Marvin started his ironical humming again. Zaphod hit him and he shut up.
Douglas Adams quotes: I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
Douglas Adams quotes: Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water? Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?
Douglas Adams quotes: In so far as it is possible for a green blur to arch its eyebrows disdainfully, this is what the green blur now did. In so far as it is possible for a green blur to arch its eyebrows disdainfully, this is what the green blur now did.
Douglas Adams quotes: Yes. I much prefer it here. So much less reputable, so much more fraught. Yes. I much prefer it here. So much less reputable, so much more fraught.
Douglas Adams quotes: I can see we're in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse. I can see we're in for a fabulous evening's apocalypse.
Douglas Adams quotes: Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense. Totally mad,' he said, 'utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
Douglas Adams quotes: This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be the perfect time to disembark. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be the perfect time to disembark.
Douglas Adams quotes: Do not be alarmed, I will not harm you. Do not be alarmed, I will not harm you.
Douglas Adams quotes: Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
Douglas Adams quotes: Life, will be a very great deal less weird without you! Life, will be a very great deal less weird without you!
Douglas Adams quotes: The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what "accident" means. The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what "accident" means.
Douglas Adams quotes: We've arrived at another of those doors." There was a sliding door let We've arrived at another of those doors." There was a sliding door let
Douglas Adams quotes: We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.
Douglas Adams quotes: I don't believe there's a horse in your bathroom. I don't believe there's a horse in your bathroom.
Douglas Adams quotes: They live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief They live in perpetual fear of the time they call The Coming of the Great White Handkerchief
Douglas Adams quotes: Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this. Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.
Douglas Adams quotes: Reality is frequently inaccurate. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
Douglas Adams quotes: They were each grateful to retire to separate cabins and try to rationalize their thoughts. They were each grateful to retire to separate cabins and try to rationalize their thoughts.
Douglas Adams quotes: 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. 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.
Douglas Adams quotes: Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches? Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?
Douglas Adams quotes: The only thing nicer than a phone that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all) was six phones that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all). The only thing nicer than a phone that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all) was six phones that didn't ring all the time (or indeed at all).
Douglas Adams quotes: A cup of tea would restore my normality.[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay] A cup of tea would restore my normality.
[Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Screenplay]
Douglas Adams quotes: Why," said Arthur Dent, "isn't anyone ever pleased to see us? Why," said Arthur Dent, "isn't anyone ever pleased to see us?
Douglas Adams quotes: I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had. I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.
Douglas Adams quotes: Charming man," he said. "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her to marry one ... Charming man," he said. "I wish I had a daughter so I could forbid her to marry one ...
Douglas Adams quotes: My name is not important, My name is not important,
Douglas Adams quotes: What's so great about being stuck in a dust cloud? What's so great about being stuck in a dust cloud?
Douglas Adams quotes: He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it. He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.
Douglas Adams quotes: See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.
Douglas Adams quotes: She stared at them with the worried frown of a drunk trying to work out why the door is dancing. She stared at them with the worried frown of a drunk trying to work out why the door is dancing.
Douglas Adams quotes: Does that matter at this stage?" shouted Arthur. Does that matter at this stage?" shouted Arthur.
Douglas Adams quotes: Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much.
Douglas Adams quotes: The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
Douglas Adams quotes: Great book stands the test of time unlike my good self ... Great book stands the test of time unlike my good self ...
Douglas Adams quotes: Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out. Ford!" he said, "there's an infinite number of monkeys outside who want to talk to us about this script for Hamlet they've worked out.
Douglas Adams quotes: Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet Technology is the name we give to stuff that doesn't work properly yet
Douglas Adams quotes: This is not her story. But it is the story of that terrible, stupid catastrophe and some of its consequences. This is not her story. But it is the story of that terrible, stupid catastrophe and some of its consequences.
Douglas Adams quotes: It's quicker, easier, and involves less licking It's quicker, easier, and involves less licking
Douglas Adams quotes: The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome.
Douglas Adams quotes: then sat down to do what every galactic hitchhiker ends up spending most of his time doing. They waited for a flying saucer to come by. then sat down to do what every galactic hitchhiker ends up spending most of his time doing. They waited for a flying saucer to come by.
Douglas Adams quotes: Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.
Douglas Adams quotes: There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right. There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right.
Douglas Adams quotes: There was a terrible ghastly silence. There was a terrible ghastly noise. There was a terrible ghastly silence. The There was a terrible ghastly silence. There was a terrible ghastly noise. There was a terrible ghastly silence. The
Douglas Adams quotes: The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck. The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.
Douglas Adams quotes: Every single decision we make, every breath we draw, opens some doors and closes many others. Most of them we don't notice. Some we do. Every single decision we make, every breath we draw, opens some doors and closes many others. Most of them we don't notice. Some we do.
Douglas Adams quotes: If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.
Douglas Adams quotes: If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
Douglas Adams quotes: It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me. It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.
Douglas Adams quotes: All right," said Ford, "just stop panicking! All right," said Ford, "just stop panicking!
Douglas Adams quotes: Who is this god person anyway? Who is this god person anyway?
Douglas Adams quotes: How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out. How do you feel?" he asked him. "Like a military academy," said Arthur. "Bits of me keep on passing out.
Douglas Adams quotes: The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in. The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in.
Douglas Adams quotes: The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%. The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.
Douglas Adams quotes: Marvin the Paranoid Android Marvin the Paranoid Android
Douglas Adams quotes: Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind. Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind.
Douglas Adams quotes: Here, for whatever reason, is the world. And here it stays. With me on it. Here, for whatever reason, is the world. And here it stays. With me on it.
Douglas Adams quotes: I was created to fulfill a function and I failed in it. I negated my own existence. I was created to fulfill a function and I failed in it. I negated my own existence.
Douglas Adams quotes: OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah? OK, so ten out of ten for style, but minus several million for good thinking, yeah?
Douglas Adams quotes: Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
Douglas Adams quotes: Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others. Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.
Douglas Adams quotes: Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice? Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?
Douglas Adams quotes: A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones. A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones.
Douglas Adams quotes: Life! Don't talk to me about life! Life! Don't talk to me about life!
Douglas Adams quotes: He had no idea what he was in for, but he knew that he hadn't liked anything that had happened so far and didn't think things were likely to change. He had no idea what he was in for, but he knew that he hadn't liked anything that had happened so far and didn't think things were likely to change.
Douglas Adams quotes: SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom
Douglas Adams quotes: It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. It is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem.
Douglas Adams quotes: like a hunter stalking his prey. like a hunter stalking his prey.
Douglas Adams quotes: And if you want to pop off for a quick one yourself later on," said Ford, "we can always cover for you in return. And if you want to pop off for a quick one yourself later on," said Ford, "we can always cover for you in return.
Douglas Adams quotes: Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know? Vell, Zaphod's just zis guy, you know?
Douglas Adams quotes: CLUN (n.) A leg which has gone to sleep and has to be hauled around after you. CLUN (n.) A leg which has gone to sleep and has to be hauled around after you.
Douglas Adams quotes: It must be said, some success. For instance, he had spent those fifteen years pretending to be an out-of-work actor, which was plausible enough. It must be said, some success. For instance, he had spent those fifteen years pretending to be an out-of-work actor, which was plausible enough.
Douglas Adams quotes: Don't panic and carry a towel Don't panic and carry a towel
Douglas Adams quotes: That sounds perfectly reasonable ... he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure. That sounds perfectly reasonable ... he said in a reassuring tone of voice, wondering who he was trying to reassure.
Douglas Adams quotes: Rubbish, we don't want to be happy, we want to be famous! (Lunkwill) Rubbish, we don't want to be happy, we want to be famous! (Lunkwill)
Douglas Adams quotes: Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves.
Douglas Adams quotes: The whole business with the cheese and the squeaking is just a front. The whole business with the cheese and the squeaking is just a front.
Douglas Adams quotes: Share & enjoy life, the universe & everything Share & enjoy life, the universe & everything
Douglas Adams quotes: I love deadlines," he has said. "I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. I love deadlines," he has said. "I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
Douglas Adams quotes: Goosnargh, said Ford Prefect, which was a special Betelgeusian word he used when he knew he should say something but didn't know what it should be. Goosnargh, said Ford Prefect, which was a special Betelgeusian word he used when he knew he should say something but didn't know what it should be.
Douglas Adams quotes: I don't know, apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all. I don't know, apathetic bloody planet, I've no sympathy at all.
Douglas Adams quotes: It is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all. It is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all.
Douglas Adams quotes: I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies. I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies.
Douglas Adams quotes: And what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterward. And what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterward.
Douglas Adams quotes: Beppu (n.)The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page. Beppu (n.)
The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.
Douglas Adams quotes: 2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change. 2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.
Douglas Adams quotes: Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does. Anything that thinks logically can be fooled by something else that thinks at least as logically as it does.

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