Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
taken world beard
Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.
jobs taken wanted
I wanted to be John Cleese. It took me some time to realise that the job was taken.
wall taken bottles
Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.
taken opposites decision
It's the story of my life. You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead. Now, as you look through this document you'll see that I've underlined all the major decisions I ever made to make the stand out. They're all indexed and cross-referenced. See? All I can suggest is that if you take decisions that are exactly opposite to the sort of decisions that I've taken, then maybe you won't finish up at the end of your life" --she paused, and filled her lungs for a good should--"in a smelly old cave like this!
bad exception faster light possible special speed travels
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
bad exception faster follows news possible rules travels
Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules
appear known language phrase
It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear
normal perfectly universe
No, that's just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.
brick color red wall
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola
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.
ford listened wish
Arthur: 'It's at times like this I wish I'd listened to my mother.' Ford : 'Why, what did she say?' Arthur: 'I don't know, I never listened.'
drunk field goes lying
The story goes that I first had the idea for THHGTTGalaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck