I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?
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Judgment, Perspective, Humor, Opinion, Self-deprecation
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“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.” Douglas Adams
Creation, Universe, Humor, Dissatisfaction, Perspective
Douglas Adams Creation, Universe, Humor, Dissatisfaction, Perspective“Who is this god person anyway?” Douglas Adams
Religion, Skepticism, Humor, Questioning, Perspective
Douglas Adams Religion, Skepticism, Humor, Questioning, Perspective“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man.” Douglas Adams
Human Nature, Loyalty, Gratitude, Cynicism, Animals
Douglas Adams Human Nature, Loyalty, Gratitude, Cynicism, Animals“A bit like a preying mantis that doesn't prey – a non-preying mantis if you like.” Douglas Adams
Wordplay, Humor, Nature, Contradiction, Language
Douglas Adams Wordplay, Humor, Nature, Contradiction, Language“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.” Douglas Adams
Logic, Humor, Deduction, Observation, Classification
Douglas Adams Logic, Humor, Deduction, Observation, Classification“Anything that happens, happens.” Douglas Adams
Philosophy, Simplicity, Events, Tautology, Perspective
Douglas Adams Philosophy, Simplicity, Events, Tautology, Perspective“You live and learn. At any rate, you live.” Douglas Adams
Life Lessons, Survival, Humor, Wisdom, Experience
Douglas Adams Life Lessons, Survival, Humor, Wisdom, Experience“Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.” Douglas Adams
Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology
Douglas Adams Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology“Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools
Douglas Adams Writing, Craft, Professionalism, Skill, Tools“I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America.” Douglas Adams
Freedom, Culture, Europe, America, Perspective
Douglas Adams Freedom, Culture, Europe, America, Perspective“Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed.” Douglas Adams
Depression, Sarcasm, Existence, Robots, Humor
Douglas Adams Depression, Sarcasm, Existence, Robots, Humor“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams
Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management
Douglas Adams Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management“The Monk currently believed that the valley and everything in the valley and around it, including the Monk itself and the Monk's horse, was a uniform shade of pale pink.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Belief, Color, Humor, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Perception, Belief, Color, Humor, Absurdity“But for a moment Dirk had a sense of inifinite loss and sadness that somewhere among the frenzy of information noise that daily rattled the lives of men he thought he might have heard a few notes that denoted the movements of gods.” Douglas Adams
Melancholy, Information Overload, Spirituality, Perception, Modernity
Douglas Adams Melancholy, Information Overload, Spirituality, Perception, Modernity“It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Danger, Physics, Perspective, Death
Douglas Adams Humor, Danger, Physics, Perspective, Death“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“Why? is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go 'A B C D What? When? How?' but it does go 'V W X Why? Z.” Douglas Adams
Questions, Language, Philosophy, Humor, Curiosity
Douglas Adams Questions, Language, Philosophy, Humor, Curiosity“Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.” Douglas Adams
Countries, Personification, Humor, Cultural Comparisons, Stereotypes
Douglas Adams Countries, Personification, Humor, Cultural Comparisons, Stereotypes“The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.” Douglas Adams
Alcohol, Science Fiction, Humor, Exaggeration, Imagination
Douglas Adams Alcohol, Science Fiction, Humor, Exaggeration, Imagination