I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe.
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Universe, Perspective, Dissatisfaction, Humor, Philosophy
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“It meant that the silently waged conflict between himself and his cleaning lady had escalated to a new and more frightening level. It was now, Dirk reckoned, fully three months since this fridge door had been opened, and each of them was grimly determined not to be the one to open it first.” Douglas Adams
Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension
Douglas Adams Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension“A mobile phone needs a manual in the way that a teacup doesn't.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Simplicity, Comparison, Design, Usability
Douglas Adams Technology, Simplicity, Comparison, Design, Usability“So you see, the major difference between someone of my age and someone of yours is not how much I know, but how much I've forgotten.” Douglas Adams
Age, Knowledge, Memory, Wisdom, Perspective
Douglas Adams Age, Knowledge, Memory, Wisdom, Perspective“Between you and me, sir, I would've been just as happy to have had her amputated and kept the foot. I had a little spot reserved on the mantelpiece, but there we are, we have to take things as we find them.” Douglas Adams
Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation
Douglas Adams Dark Humor, Acceptance, Morbidity, Disappointment, Adaptation“Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied.” Douglas Adams
Knowledge, Futility, Occupation, Perspective, Resignation
Douglas Adams Knowledge, Futility, Occupation, Perspective, Resignation“I did better than that. I called in a neighbour's kid who used to be able to solve Rubik's cube in seventeen seconds. He sat on a step and stared at it for over an hour before pronouncing it irrevocably stuck.” Douglas Adams
Problem-solving, Expertise, Humor, Expectations, Frustration
Douglas Adams Problem-solving, Expertise, Humor, Expectations, Frustration“It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion on them. On the other hand, it is perfectly possible to sit all day, every day, on top of another creature and not have the slightest thought about them whatsoever.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Relationships, Observation, Indifference, Humor
Douglas Adams Perspective, Relationships, Observation, Indifference, Humor“It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Reality, Empathy, Existence, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Perception, Reality, Empathy, Existence, Philosophy“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” Douglas Adams
Linguistics, Academia, Alcohol, Professional Dissatisfaction, Humor
Douglas Adams Linguistics, Academia, Alcohol, Professional Dissatisfaction, Humor“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Failure, Irony, Engineering, Murphy’s Law
Douglas Adams Technology, Failure, Irony, Engineering, Murphy’s Law“There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.” Douglas Adams
Storytelling, Memory, Humor, Writing, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Storytelling, Memory, Humor, Writing, Self-awareness“The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Quality, Market Share, Perspective, Brand Loyalty
Douglas Adams Technology, Quality, Market Share, Perspective, Brand Loyalty“Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night. Now I lay me down to sleep, Try to count electric sheep, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. -Marvin.” Douglas Adams
Poetry, Robots, Night, Humor, Technology
Douglas Adams Poetry, Robots, Night, Humor, Technology“We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.” Douglas Adams
Probability, Normality, Humor, Space Travel, Uncertainty
Douglas Adams Probability, Normality, Humor, Space Travel, Uncertainty“Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science“There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Perception, World View, Oddities, Observation
Douglas Adams Perspective, Perception, World View, Oddities, Observation“I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in.” Douglas Adams
Digital Media, Creativity, Innovation, Technology, Originality
Douglas Adams Digital Media, Creativity, Innovation, Technology, Originality“My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.” Douglas Adams
Animals, Humor, Ineptitude, Information, Nature
Douglas Adams Animals, Humor, Ineptitude, Information, Nature