Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
house special way
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.
hard-work technology want
We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual.
powerful hard-work fighting
The invention of the scientific method and science is, I'm sure we'll all agree, the most powerful intellectual idea, the most powerful framework for thinking and investigating and understanding and challenging the world around us that there is, and it rests on the premise that any idea is there to be attacked. If it withstands the attack then it lives to fight another day and if it doesn't withstand the attack then down it goes. Religion doesn't seem to work like that.
fun president galaxy
He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that it seemed a fun thing to be.
people deep-thought pages
Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you.
exercise brain lips
If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.
lonely whales long
In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.
wall fun men
The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,
mean trying hey
Hey, this is terrific!" he said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us!" "Terrific," said Arthur. "But don't you see what this means?" "Yes. We are going to die." "Yes, but apart from that." "Apart from that?!" "It means we must be on to something!" "How soon can we get off it?
distance night sky
Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity — distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless
independence computer counting
Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.
real paper tables
After a while he played with the pencil and the paper again and was delighted when he discovered how to make a mark with the one on the other. Various noises continued outside, but he didn't know whether they were real or not. He then talked to his table for a week to see how it would react.
fun ears needs
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.
incompetence incompetent
Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.