Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adamswas an English author, scriptwriter, essayist, humorist, satirist and dramatist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 March 1952
amount average deranged divided follows infinite infinity known life meet merely near number people planets population products simply space time universe
It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination.
time order happens
Time doesn't necessarily happen in chronological order.
time-travel periods
Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.
time air land
We all like to congregate at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where bodies meet mind. Where space meets time. We like to be on one side, and look at the other.
time past men
How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?
time numbers space
Bistromathics itself is simply a revolutionary new way of understanding the behavior of numbers. Just as Einstein observed that space was not an absolute but depended on the observer's movement in space, and that time was not an absolute, but depended on the observer's movement in time, so it is now realized that numbers are not absolute, but depend on the observer's movement in restaurants.
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.
time philosophy humorous
Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
job realise time took
I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.
ask glass unpleasant water
What's so unpleasant about being drunk? You ask a glass of water
blank bleeds forehead paper piece stare until
Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a piece of blank paper until your forehead bleeds
life matter
Without a god, life is only a matter of opinion.
disappointment expectations sorrow
A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.
advice quality life-decision
The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.