Now. Having saved the entire human race from extinction I could do with a pizza. What say you to such a proposal?
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Humor, Heroism, Mundanity, Contrast, Casual Tone
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“Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.” Douglas Adams
Age, Technology, Change, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Age, Technology, Change, Humor, Perspective“Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do.” Douglas Adams
Trust, Internet, Information, Evolution, Critical Thinking
Douglas Adams Trust, Internet, Information, Evolution, Critical Thinking“That isn't to say that if you get involved in a paradox a few things won't strike you as being very odd, but if you've got through life without that already happening to you, then I don't know which Universe you've been living in, but it isn't this one.” Douglas Adams
Paradox, Life Experience, Universe, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Paradox, Life Experience, Universe, Humor, Perspective“The books people are writing today, they're too long. You get a little bit of plot, and then pages and pages of Creative Writing. They teach classes in how to do this. They should teach classes in how to stop!” Douglas Adams
Writing Criticism, Brevity, Education, Humor, Literary Trends
Douglas Adams Writing Criticism, Brevity, Education, Humor, Literary Trends“Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.” Douglas Adams
Tea, Priorities, Spaceship, Humor, British Culture
Douglas Adams Tea, Priorities, Spaceship, Humor, British Culture“It's guff. It doesn't advance the action. It makes for nice fat books such as the American market thrives on, but it doesn't actually get you anywhere.” Douglas Adams
Writing Critique, Literary Market, Storytelling, Criticism, Brevity
Douglas Adams Writing Critique, Literary Market, Storytelling, Criticism, Brevity“Gordon Way, brother of Susan, employer of Richard MacDuff, was a rich man, the founder and owner of WayForward Technologies II. WayForward Technologies itself had of course gone bust, for the usual reason, taking his entire first fortune with it.” Douglas Adams
Business, Technology, Failure, Wealth, Entrepreneurship
Douglas Adams Business, Technology, Failure, Wealth, Entrepreneurship“Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.” Douglas Adams
Music, Composers, Humanity, Universe, Perspective
Douglas Adams Music, Composers, Humanity, Universe, Perspective“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“There is another theory that states: This has already happened.” Douglas Adams
Time, Theory, Paradox, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Time, Theory, Paradox, Humor, Perspective“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“The only moral it is possible to draw from this story is that one should never throw the Q letter into a privet bush, but unfortunately there are times when it is unavoidable.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Absurdity, Morals, Language, Inevitability
Douglas Adams Humor, Absurdity, Morals, Language, Inevitability“The little book of instructions suggested that he should simply concentrate 'soulfully' on the question which was 'besieging' him, write it down, ponder on it, enjoy the silence, and then once he had achieved inner harmony and tranquillity he should push the red button. There wasn't a red button, but there was a blue button marked 'Red', and this Dirk took to be the one.” Douglas Adams
Instructions, Humor, Meditation, Confusion, Absurdity
Douglas Adams Instructions, Humor, Meditation, Confusion, Absurdity“What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?” Douglas Adams
Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion
Douglas Adams Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion“The lights went out in his eyes for absolutely the very last time ever.” Douglas Adams
Death, Finality, Description, Metaphor, Dramatic
Douglas Adams Death, Finality, Description, Metaphor, Dramatic“I was created to fulfill a function and I failed in it. I negated my own existence.” Douglas Adams
Purpose, Failure, Existentialism, Self-awareness, Artificial Intelligence
Douglas Adams Purpose, Failure, Existentialism, Self-awareness, Artificial Intelligence“I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.” Douglas Adams
Aspirations, Comedy, Career, Realization, Identity
Douglas Adams Aspirations, Comedy, Career, Realization, Identity“A cup of tea would restore my normality.” Douglas Adams
Tea, Normality, British Culture, Comfort, Simplicity
Douglas Adams Tea, Normality, British Culture, Comfort, Simplicity