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“The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.” Douglas Adams
Responsibility, Perspective, Nature, Metaphor, Collective Impact
Douglas Adams Responsibility, Perspective, Nature, Metaphor, Collective Impact“I tend to get very suspicious of anything that thinks it's art while it's being created.” Douglas Adams
Art, Creativity, Skepticism, Process, Perspective
Douglas Adams Art, Creativity, Skepticism, Process, Perspective“Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.” Douglas Adams
Australia, Contentment, Humor, Cultural Observation, Perspective
Douglas Adams Australia, Contentment, Humor, Cultural Observation, Perspective“I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course – the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Technology, Prediction, Humor, Industry
Douglas Adams Internet, Technology, Prediction, Humor, Industry“Years and years ago, I did a game based on 'Hitchhiker's Guide' with a company called Infocom, which was a great company. They were doing witty, intelligent, literate games based on text.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia
Douglas Adams Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia“What the computer in virtual reality enables us to do is to recalibrate ourselves so that we can start seeing those pieces of information that are invisible to us but have become important for us to understand.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Virtual Reality, Perception, Information, Understanding
Douglas Adams Technology, Virtual Reality, Perception, Information, Understanding“In fact, he had always done the bare minimum of research necessary to support these myths. He was lazy, and essentially what he did was allow people's enthusiastic credulity to do the work for him.” Douglas Adams
Laziness, Deception, Human Nature, Belief, Research
Douglas Adams Laziness, Deception, Human Nature, Belief, Research“It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Innovation, Hindsight, Genius, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Creativity, Innovation, Hindsight, Genius, Human Nature“Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive.” Douglas Adams
Books, Technology, Durability, Appreciation, Humor
Douglas Adams Books, Technology, Durability, Appreciation, Humor“Siamese Cats have a way of staring at you. Those who have walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will know the expression.” Douglas Adams
Cats, Humor, Observation, Royalty, Comparison
Douglas Adams Cats, Humor, Observation, Royalty, Comparison“When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Perception, Admiration, Reality, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Humor, Perception, Admiration, Reality, Human Nature“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.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Astronomy, Human Nature, Normality, Cosmic Scale
Douglas Adams Perspective, Astronomy, Human Nature, Normality, Cosmic Scale“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature“There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere
Douglas Adams Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere“Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there.” Douglas Adams
Problem-solving, Expectations, Irony, Perspective, Advice
Douglas Adams Problem-solving, Expectations, Irony, Perspective, Advice“The mail on the doormat consisted of the usual things: a rude letter threatening to take away his American Express card, an invitation to apply for an American Express card, and a few bills of the more hysterical and unrealistic type.” Douglas Adams
Mail, Humor, Irony, Finances, Everyday Life
Douglas Adams Mail, Humor, Irony, Finances, Everyday Life“Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?” Douglas Adams
Existentialism, Technology, Humor, Life Cycle, Consumerism
Douglas Adams Existentialism, Technology, Humor, Life Cycle, Consumerism“I find the difference, for me, between having no money and having quite a bit is that the bills get bigger. And that's it. The lifestyle doesn't change.” Douglas Adams
Money, Lifestyle, Perspective, Wealth, Irony
Douglas Adams Money, Lifestyle, Perspective, Wealth, Irony