Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
people mind hitchhiking
Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.
order hitchhiking natural
Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things
puff hitchhiking logic
Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
thinking doe hitchhiking
Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does.
stars long hitchhiking
The last ever dolphin message was misinterpreted as a surprisingly sophisticated attempt to do a double-backwards-somersault through a hoop whilst whistling the 'Star Spangled Banner', but in fact the message was this: So long and thanks for all the fish.
life hitchhiking paranoid
Life! Don't talk to me about life!
fall guy hitchhiking
Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.
media hitchhiking want
Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.
hitchhiking said hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy
Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.
hitchhiking thursday hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
world hitchhiking complexity
The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome.
ford gave hollow learn malicious peace people together
Why can't people just learn to live together in peace and harmony?' said Arthur. / Ford gave a loud, very hollow laugh. / 'Forty-two!' he said with a malicious grin, 'No, doesn't work. Never mind.
anybody assumed everybody kid knew seen sure wide
I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on on the outside!
jobs knowing use
Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.