Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed.
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Depression, Sarcasm, Existence, Robots, Humor
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“There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'” Douglas Adams
Writing, Creativity, Artistic Pressure, Self-doubt, Humor
Douglas Adams Writing, Creativity, Artistic Pressure, Self-doubt, Humor“42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family.” Douglas Adams
Numbers, Humor, Familiarity, Absurdity, Hitchhiker’s Guide
Douglas Adams Numbers, Humor, Familiarity, Absurdity, Hitchhiker’s Guide“What god would be hanging around Terminal Two of Heathrow Airport trying to catch the 15:37 flight to Oslo?” Douglas Adams
Humor, Religion, Travel, Absurdity, Modern Life
Douglas Adams Humor, Religion, Travel, Absurdity, Modern Life“Deep in the fundamental heart of mind and Universe there is a reason.” Douglas Adams
Reason, Universe, Mind, Philosophy, Meaning
Douglas Adams Reason, Universe, Mind, Philosophy, Meaning“There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere
Douglas Adams Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere“I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.” Douglas Adams
Understanding, Questions, Problems, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Understanding, Questions, Problems, Philosophy, Perspective“I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Taxes, Absurdity, Death, Financial Planning
Douglas Adams Humor, Taxes, Absurdity, Death, Financial Planning“There are two things you should remember when dealing with parallel universes. One, they're not really parallel, and two, they're not really universes.” Douglas Adams
Parallel Universes, Physics, Humor, Perspective, Reality
Douglas Adams Parallel Universes, Physics, Humor, Perspective, Reality“The room was not a room to elevate the soul. Louis XIV, to pick a name at random, would not have liked it, would have found it not sunny enough, and insufficiently full of mirrors.” Douglas Adams
Description, Humor, Historical Reference, Aesthetics, Criticism
Douglas Adams Description, Humor, Historical Reference, Aesthetics, Criticism“I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer...” Douglas Adams
Computers, Happiness, Programming, Technology, Passion
Douglas Adams Computers, Happiness, Programming, Technology, Passion“We think that the world is a solid, vivid place, full of shape and colour and solid objects like this table and this microphone and so on, but we actually create that in our heads out of the bits of information that hit the back of our eyeballs or hit our eardrums or hit our tongues or whatever.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Reality, Senses, Cognition, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Perception, Reality, Senses, Cognition, Philosophy“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“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“The socially correct way of pouring tea is to put the milk in after the tea. Social correctness has traditionally had nothing whatever to do with reason, logic, or physics. In fact, in England it is generally considered socially incorrect to know stuff or think about things. It's worth bearing this in mind when visiting.” Douglas Adams
Social Norms, Tea, England, Humor, Knowledge
Douglas Adams Social Norms, Tea, England, Humor, Knowledge“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“How many roads must a man walk down?” Douglas Adams
Questions, Life Journey, Philosophy, Humor, Reference
Douglas Adams Questions, Life Journey, Philosophy, Humor, Reference“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