Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
thinking firsts tests
See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.
needs firsts realizing
Ok," he said, "I don't like to disturb you at what I know must be a difficult and distressing time for you, but I need to know first of all if you actually realize that this is a difficult and distressing time for you.
down-and firsts serious
...and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right.
years firsts said
The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.
intelligence panic firsts
I like the cover," he said. "Don't Panic. It's the first helpful or intelligible thing anybody's said to me all day.
firsts fit capacity
My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first
firsts said first-time
Having not said anything the first time, it was somehow even more difficult to broach the subject the second time around.
drunk field goes lying
The story goes that I first had the idea for THHGTTGalaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck
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.
brilliant totally utter
Totally mad. Utter nonsense. But we'll do it because it's brilliant nonsense.
life matter
Without a god, life is only a matter of opinion.
art avoid english literary trying
Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since.
dickens english fact greatest guys joke joys language life maybe save table though top
One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare.