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.
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“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“As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.” Douglas Adams
Childhood, Christianity, Music, Emotion, Memories
Douglas Adams Childhood, Christianity, Music, Emotion, Memories“Svlad Cjelli. Popularly known as Dirk, though, again, "popular" was hardly right. Notorious, certainly; sought after, endlessly speculated about, those too were true. But popular? Only in the sense that a serious accident on the motorway might be popular – everyone slows down to have a good look, but no one will get too close to the flames. Infamous was more like it. Svlad Cjelli, infamously known as Dirk.” Douglas Adams
Character Description, Popularity, Infamy, Metaphor, Reputation
Douglas Adams Character Description, Popularity, Infamy, Metaphor, Reputation“This man is the bee's knees, Arthur, he is the wasp's nipples. He is, I would go so far as to say, the entire set of erogenous zones of every major flying insect of the Western world.” Douglas Adams
Praise, Humor, Exaggeration, Metaphor, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Praise, Humor, Exaggeration, Metaphor, Absurdity“Shee, you guys are so unhip it's a wonder your bums don't fall off.” Douglas Adams
Coolness, Humor, Insult, Slang, Exaggeration
Douglas Adams Coolness, Humor, Insult, Slang, Exaggeration“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“Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.? Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that.” Douglas Adams
Belief, Skepticism, Simplicity, Trust, Humor
Douglas Adams Belief, Skepticism, Simplicity, Trust, Humor“For the next two weeks I took up playing in the traffic, being careless with kitchen knives, and neglecting to stand clear of the doors on station platforms, but, sadly, I led a charmed life, and I had to go through with it: four weeks of the greatest humiliation and embarrassment known to man or, rather, to that most easily humiliated and embarrassed of all creatures, the overgrown twelve-year-old boy.” Douglas Adams
Adolescence, Embarrassment, Humor, Fate, Recklessness
Douglas Adams Adolescence, Embarrassment, Humor, Fate, Recklessness“The idea was fantastically, wildly improbable. But like most fantastically, wildly improbable ideas it was at least as worthy of consideration as a more mundane one to which the facts had been strenuously bent to fit.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Probability, Perspective, Ideas, Critical Thinking
Douglas Adams Creativity, Probability, Perspective, Ideas, Critical Thinking“The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Home, Individuality, Attachment, Humor
Douglas Adams Perspective, Home, Individuality, Attachment, Humor“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“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.” Douglas Adams
Self-knowledge, Mental State, Limitations, Self-awareness, Humor
Douglas Adams Self-knowledge, Mental State, Limitations, Self-awareness, Humor“See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.” Douglas Adams
Science, Observation, Methodology, Expectations, Advice
Douglas Adams Science, Observation, Methodology, Expectations, Advice“The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.” Douglas Adams
Exaggeration, Thought Process, Humor, Impossibility, Mental State
Douglas Adams Exaggeration, Thought Process, Humor, Impossibility, Mental State“Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened.” Douglas Adams
Universe, Understanding, Complexity, Humor, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Universe, Understanding, Complexity, Humor, Philosophy“Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer.” Douglas Adams
Prayer, Irony, Humor, Consequences, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Prayer, Irony, Humor, Consequences, Self-awareness“Being virtually killed by a virtual laser in a virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.” Douglas Adams
Virtual Reality, Perception, Death, Philosophy, Technology
Douglas Adams Virtual Reality, Perception, Death, Philosophy, Technology“This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.” Douglas Adams
Time, Confusion, Humor, Days, Personal Quirks
Douglas Adams Time, Confusion, Humor, Days, Personal Quirks