It's good to leave your room super-messy when you're away. Whoever tries to break into your room will thought it has already been ransacked.
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“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“If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else.” Douglas Adams
Understanding, Teaching, Learning, Communication, Knowledge
Douglas Adams Understanding, Teaching, Learning, Communication, Knowledge“One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with.” Douglas Adams
Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance
Douglas Adams Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance“If they don't keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.” Douglas Adams
Conversation, Thinking, Humor, Silence, Intelligence
Douglas Adams Conversation, Thinking, Humor, Silence, Intelligence“I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe.” Douglas Adams
Universe, Perspective, Dissatisfaction, Humor, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Universe, Perspective, Dissatisfaction, Humor, Philosophy“Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.” Douglas Adams
Ancestry, Humor, Human Nature, Family, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Ancestry, Humor, Human Nature, Family, Social Commentary“Ever since Newton, we've done science by taking things apart to see how they work. What the computer enables us to do is to put things together to see how they work: we're now synthesized rather than analysed. I find one of the most enthralling aspects of computers is limitless communication.” Douglas Adams
Science, Computers, Analysis, Synthesis, Communication
Douglas Adams Science, Computers, Analysis, Synthesis, Communication“The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.” Douglas Adams
Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification
Douglas Adams Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification“There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.” Douglas Adams
Food, Art, Satisfaction, Simplicity, Depth
Douglas Adams Food, Art, Satisfaction, Simplicity, Depth“Please call me Eddie if it will help you to relax.” Douglas Adams
Politeness, Humor, Artificial Intelligence, Relaxation, Interaction
Douglas Adams Politeness, Humor, Artificial Intelligence, Relaxation, Interaction“Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?” Douglas Adams
Beauty, Belief, Skepticism, Nature, Rationality
Douglas Adams Beauty, Belief, Skepticism, Nature, Rationality“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“Very strange people, physicists – in my experience the ones who aren't dead are in some way very ill.” Douglas Adams
Physicists, Humor, Observation, Health, Eccentricity
Douglas Adams Physicists, Humor, Observation, Health, Eccentricity“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“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“Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.” Douglas Adams
Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology
Douglas Adams Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology“Any time you see a film or TV show or a commercial that features someone dressed up as an animal, it's probably Todd inside. "I was in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," he told me. "Guess," he added, "which one I was.” Douglas Adams
Acting, Costumes, Humor, Guessing Game, Film Industry
Douglas Adams Acting, Costumes, Humor, Guessing Game, Film Industry