The air was stifling, but he liked it because it was stifling city air, full of excitingly unpleasant smells, dangerous music, and the distant sound of warring police tribes.
Douglas Adams
Urban Life, Sensory Description, Atmosphere, City, Perception
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“In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.” Douglas Adams
Flying, Humor, Absurdity, Instructions, Perspective
Douglas Adams Flying, Humor, Absurdity, Instructions, Perspective“The mail on the doormat consisted of the usual things: a rude letter threatening to take away his American Express card, an invitation to apply for an American Express card, and a few bills of the more hysterical and unrealistic type.” Douglas Adams
Mail, Humor, Irony, Finances, Everyday Life
Douglas Adams Mail, Humor, Irony, Finances, Everyday Life“Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation.” Douglas Adams
Communication, Conflict, Irony, Culture, Unintended Consequences
Douglas Adams Communication, Conflict, Irony, Culture, Unintended Consequences“My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.” Douglas Adams
Navigation, Serendipity, Life Strategy, Humor, Fate
Douglas Adams Navigation, Serendipity, Life Strategy, Humor, Fate“Years and years ago, I did a game based on 'Hitchhiker's Guide' with a company called Infocom, which was a great company. They were doing witty, intelligent, literate games based on text.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia
Douglas Adams Technology, Games, Writing, Adaptation, Nostalgia“It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Problem-solving, Food, Absurdity, Understatement
Douglas Adams Humor, Problem-solving, Food, Absurdity, Understatement“Let the past hold on to itself and let the present move forward into the future.” Douglas Adams
Time, Progress, Philosophy, Advice, Perspective
Douglas Adams Time, Progress, Philosophy, Advice, Perspective“One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Disability, Overcompensation, Absurdity, Self-deprecation
Douglas Adams Humor, Disability, Overcompensation, Absurdity, Self-deprecation“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams
Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management
Douglas Adams Deadlines, Procrastination, Humor, Writing, Time Management“Bypasses are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast.” Douglas Adams
Infrastructure, Humor, Travel, Perspective, Efficiency
Douglas Adams Infrastructure, Humor, Travel, Perspective, Efficiency“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.” Douglas Adams
Physics, Humor, Information, Bad News, Speed
Douglas Adams Physics, Humor, Information, Bad News, Speed“So what we have arrived at here – and although the first shock wave of this arrival was in 1859, it's really the arrival of the computer that demonstrates it unarguably to us – is "Is there really a universe that is not designed from the top downward, but from the bottom upward? Can complexity emerge from lower levels of simplicity?” Douglas Adams
Universe, Design, Complexity, Evolution, Computers
Douglas Adams Universe, Design, Complexity, Evolution, Computers“Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers.” Douglas Adams
Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology
Douglas Adams Humanity, Computers, Independence, Counting, Technology“Everybody has their moment of great opportunity in life. If you happen to miss the one you care about, then everything else becomes eerily easy.” Douglas Adams
Opportunity, Life, Regret, Ease, Irony
Douglas Adams Opportunity, Life, Regret, Ease, Irony“I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Memory, Creativity, Authorship, Self-reflection
Douglas Adams Writing, Memory, Creativity, Authorship, Self-reflection“A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.” Douglas Adams
Expectations, Life, Disappointment, Wisdom, Happiness
Douglas Adams Expectations, Life, Disappointment, Wisdom, Happiness“All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place.” Douglas Adams
Universe, Complexity, Perspective, Knowledge, Humor
Douglas Adams Universe, Complexity, Perspective, Knowledge, Humor“I'm so great even I get tongue-tied talking to myself.” Douglas Adams
Self-importance, Humor, Irony, Ego, Self-reflection
Douglas Adams Self-importance, Humor, Irony, Ego, Self-reflection“As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.” Douglas Adams
Australians, Stereotypes, Humor, National Character, Americans
Douglas Adams Australians, Stereotypes, Humor, National Character, Americans