Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
jobs people president
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
inspirational life atheist
I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
way perceive universe
Everything you see or hear or experience in any way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in the universe you perceive is specific to you.
funny god crazy
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
humor science thinking
The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.
funny witty fear
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
trying way want
If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.
love inspirational hilarious
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
inspirational uplifting destiny
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
success new-york war
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.
brilliant totally utter
Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
access besides eliminated five people suspects
Besides the pastor, there were about five people who had access to the safe, ... Those people have been eliminated as suspects through the investigative process.
arriving traveling
Even traveling despondently is better than arriving here.
ten
After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.