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“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“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“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“For seven and a half million years, Deep Thought computed and calculated, and in the end announced that the answer was in fact Forty-two – and so another, even bigger, computer had to be built to find out what the actual question was...” Douglas Adams
Computation, Meaning, Absurdity, Questions, Answers
Douglas Adams Computation, Meaning, Absurdity, Questions, Answers“We are stuck with technology when all we really want is just stuff that works. How do you recognize something that is still technology? A good clue is if it comes with a manual.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Simplicity, Functionality, Frustration, User Experience
Douglas Adams Technology, Simplicity, Functionality, Frustration, User Experience“It all sounds rather naive and sentimental to be talking about children laughing and dancing and singing together when we all know perfectly well that what children do in real life is snarl and take drugs.” Douglas Adams
Cynicism, Childhood, Reality, Idealism, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Cynicism, Childhood, Reality, Idealism, Social Commentary“Assumptions are what we don't know we are making.” Douglas Adams
Assumptions, Knowledge, Perception, Critical Thinking, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Assumptions, Knowledge, Perception, Critical Thinking, Self-awareness“I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. He is an incredibly intelligent musician. He's not someone who has a natural outpouring of melody like McCartney or Dylan, who are just terribly prolific with musical ideas.” Douglas Adams
Music, Learning, Admiration, Comparison, Creativity
Douglas Adams Music, Learning, Admiration, Comparison, Creativity“The man, he believed with an instant effortlessness which would have impressed even a Scientologist, must be a God of some kind to arouse such fervour.” Douglas Adams
Belief, Religion, Humor, Perception, Faith
Douglas Adams Belief, Religion, Humor, Perception, Faith“None of these facts, however strange or inexplicable, is as strange or inexplicable as the rules of the game of Brockian Ultra Cricket, as played in the higher dimensions. A full set of rules is so massively complicated that the only time they were all bound together in a single volume they underwent gravitational collapse and became a Black Hole.” Douglas Adams
Absurdity, Complexity, Science Fiction, Games, Humor
Douglas Adams Absurdity, Complexity, Science Fiction, Games, Humor“Most of the time spent wrestling with technologies that don't quite work yet is just not worth the effort for end users, however much fun it is for nerds like us.” Douglas Adams
Technology, User Experience, Frustration, Nerd Culture, Practicality
Douglas Adams Technology, User Experience, Frustration, Nerd Culture, Practicality“Fifteen years was a long time to be stranded anywhere, particularly somewhere as mind-boggingly dull as Earth.” Douglas Adams
Boredom, Earth, Perspective, Time, Humor
Douglas Adams Boredom, Earth, Perspective, Time, Humor“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“Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.” Douglas Adams
Politics, Humor, Democracy, Choice, Cynicism
Douglas Adams Politics, Humor, Democracy, Choice, Cynicism“Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Tardiness, Perception, Attitude, Self-confidence
Douglas Adams Humor, Tardiness, Perception, Attitude, Self-confidence“I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Challenges, Persistence, Self-improvement, Creativity
Douglas Adams Writing, Challenges, Persistence, Self-improvement, Creativity“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“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