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Logic, Deception, Thinking, Intelligence, Philosophy
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“My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Navigation, Serendipity, Life Strategy, Humor, Fate
Douglas Adams Navigation, Serendipity, Life Strategy, Humor, Fate“The officer's next point was that I wasn't in the universe, I was in England, a point that has been made to me before.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Perspective, Bureaucracy, Absurdity, Nationality
Douglas Adams Humor, Perspective, Bureaucracy, Absurdity, Nationality“I say what it occurs to me to say when I think I hear people say things. More I cannot say.” Douglas Adams
Communication, Perception, Limitations, Honesty, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Communication, Perception, Limitations, Honesty, Self-awareness“It was his subconscious which told him this – that infuriating part of a person's brain which never responds to interrogation, merely gives little meaningful nudges and then sits humming quietly to itself, saying nothing.” Douglas Adams
Subconscious, Mind, Psychology, Humor, Inner Thoughts
Douglas Adams Subconscious, Mind, Psychology, Humor, Inner Thoughts“Put away your worries, the world is a good and perfect place. It is in fact very easy.” Douglas Adams
Optimism, Simplicity, Reassurance, World View, Irony
Douglas Adams Optimism, Simplicity, Reassurance, World View, Irony“Because the Internet is so new, we still don't really understand what it is. We mistake it for a type of publishing or broadcasting, because that's what we're used to. So people complain that there's a lot of rubbish online, or that it's dominated by Americans, or that you can't necessarily trust what you read on the Web.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Misunderstanding, Technology, Criticism, Information
Douglas Adams Internet, Misunderstanding, Technology, Criticism, Information“The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Probability, Integrity, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Probability, Integrity, Philosophy, Perspective“If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.” Douglas Adams
Ego, Humor, Self-importance, Exaggeration, Priorities
Douglas Adams Ego, Humor, Self-importance, Exaggeration, Priorities“2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.” Douglas Adams
Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary“Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.” Douglas Adams
Sarcasm, Safety, Language, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Sarcasm, Safety, Language, Humor, Perspective“For as long as he could remember, he'd suffered from a vague nagging feeling of being not all there.” Douglas Adams
Self-awareness, Existence, Memory, Identity, Uncertainty
Douglas Adams Self-awareness, Existence, Memory, Identity, Uncertainty“I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it.” Douglas Adams
Therapy, Acceptance, Resilience, Humor, Analogy
Douglas Adams Therapy, Acceptance, Resilience, Humor, Analogy“The fact is, I don't know where my ideas come from. Nor does any writer. The only real answer is to drink way too much coffee and buy yourself a desk that doesn't collapse when you beat your head against it.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Writing, Humor, Inspiration, Frustration
Douglas Adams Creativity, Writing, Humor, Inspiration, Frustration“The little book of instructions suggested that he should simply concentrate 'soulfully' on the question which was 'besieging' him, write it down, ponder on it, enjoy the silence, and then once he had achieved inner harmony and tranquillity he should push the red button. There wasn't a red button, but there was a blue button marked 'Red', and this Dirk took to be the one.” Douglas Adams
Instructions, Humor, Meditation, Confusion, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Instructions, Humor, Meditation, Confusion, Absurdity“Earth: mostly harmless.” Douglas Adams
Brevity, Humor, Perspective, Understatement, Hitchhiker’s Guide
Douglas Adams Brevity, Humor, Perspective, Understatement, Hitchhiker’s Guide“I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Efficiency, Humor, Programming, Irony
Douglas Adams Technology, Efficiency, Humor, Programming, Irony“It seems odd, don't you think, that the quality of the food should vary inversely with the brightness of the lighting. Makes you wonder what culinary heights the kitchen staff could rise to if you confined them to perpetual darkness.” Douglas Adams
Food, Lighting, Humor, Irony, Culinary Arts
Douglas Adams Food, Lighting, Humor, Irony, Culinary Arts“Here's what the Encyclopedia Galactica has to say about alcohol. It says that alcohol is a colourless volatile liquid formed by the fermentation of sugars and also notes its intoxicating effect on certain carbon-based life forms.” Douglas Adams
Alcohol, Humor, Science Fiction, Definition, Intoxication
Douglas Adams Alcohol, Humor, Science Fiction, Definition, Intoxication