If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion.
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Universe, Perspective, Life, Humor, Philosophy
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“Lots of people are not in the business you think they're in. Xerox, for instance, is in the business of selling toner cartridges. All that mucking about they do developing high-tech copying and printing machines is just creating a commodity market in toner cartridges, which is where their profit lies. Television companies are not in the business of delivering television programmes to their audience, they're in the business of delivering audiences to their advertisers.” Douglas Adams
Business, Perception, Profit, Marketing, Media
Douglas Adams Business, Perception, Profit, Marketing, Media“It was odd, Kate reflected, that people who needed to bully you were the easiest to push around.” Douglas Adams
Bullying, Psychology, Human Nature, Irony, Reflection
Douglas Adams Bullying, Psychology, Human Nature, Irony, Reflection“Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.” Douglas Adams
Communication, Conflict, Irony, Culture, Unintended Consequences
Douglas Adams Communication, Conflict, Irony, Culture, Unintended Consequences“There is a feeling which persists in England that making a sandwich interesting, attractive, or in any way pleasant to eat is something sinful that only foreigners do.” Douglas Adams
Food, Cultural Attitudes, England, Humor, Xenophobia
Douglas Adams Food, Cultural Attitudes, England, Humor, Xenophobia“The other was small, roundish, and moved with an ungainly restlessness, like a number of elderly squirrels trying to escape from a sack. His own age was on the older side of completely indeterminate. If.” Douglas Adams
Description, Character, Humor, Age, Simile
Douglas Adams Description, Character, Humor, Age, Simile“Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.” Douglas Adams
Intelligence, Perspective, Species Comparison, Humor, Arrogance
Douglas Adams Intelligence, Perspective, Species Comparison, Humor, Arrogance“You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.” Douglas Adams
Science, Perception, Reputation, Humor, Wisdom
Douglas Adams Science, Perception, Reputation, Humor, Wisdom“High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.” Douglas Adams
Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor
Douglas Adams Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor“We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.” Douglas Adams
Normality, Responsibility, Humor, Perspective, Coping
Douglas Adams Normality, Responsibility, Humor, Perspective, Coping“Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards.” Douglas Adams
Offense, Trends, Social Commentary, Humor, Criticism
Douglas Adams Offense, Trends, Social Commentary, Humor, Criticism“Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.” Douglas Adams
Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology
Douglas Adams Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology“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“Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?” Douglas Adams
Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective“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“A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Perception, Interface, Universe, Connectivity
Douglas Adams Technology, Perception, Interface, Universe, Connectivity“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“Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game.” Douglas Adams
Luxury, Incongruity, Humor, Comparison, Urban Life
Douglas Adams Luxury, Incongruity, Humor, Comparison, Urban Life“In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot.” Douglas Adams
Description, Loneliness, Disappointment, Mortality, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Description, Loneliness, Disappointment, Mortality, Absurdity