Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
nature thinking drug
And then, just when you think that you have experienced all the wonders that this world has to offer, you round a peak and suddenly think you're doing the whole thing over again, but this time on drugs.
nice food rain
I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?
moving technology typewriters
A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.
humorous mad arthur-dent
Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?
apples might computer
I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: "Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end".
thinking body disability
One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.
alcohol brain gold
The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.
views empathy training
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.
missing tea important
Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.
thinking lunch people
When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.
intelligent rocks guy
and we’ll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere … and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.
reality afterlife religion
He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.
money funny-life years
I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.
civilization needs use
It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.