Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
saying-please buttons arthur
Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying 'Please do not press this button again.
corporations faces computer
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.
democracies-have long criminals
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
doe god-knows knows
"Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered."
snakes people drs
Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to tell them what to do about it. I'll tell them what to do. Don't get bitten in the first place. (quoting Dr. Struan Sutherland)
penguins hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy hitchhikers-guide
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
glasses drunk water
What's so unpleasant about being drunk?" "Ask a glass of water!
humming hated humans
Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much.
love inspirational hilarious
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
leadership money real
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
being-yourself atheist believe
Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you mean agnostic? I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one...etc., etc. It's easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal and that it's an opinion I hold seriously.
integrity impossible-things possible-and-impossible
The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
funny-life orange life-is-like
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.
dreamer philosopher idiot
Let us be dreamers, thinkers, speculative philosophers, or as our spouses would have it: Idiots