The seat received him in a loose and distant kind of way, like an aunt who disapproves of the last fifteen years of your life and will therefore furnish you with a basic sherry, but refuses to catch your eye.
Douglas Adams
Description, Metaphor, Humor, Disapproval, Family Relations
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More Douglas Adams Quotes
“I'm up to here with cool, okay? I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.” Douglas Adams
Coolness, Exaggeration, Humor, Self-perception, Popular Culture
Douglas Adams Coolness, Exaggeration, Humor, Self-perception, Popular Culture“Beauty doesn't have to be about anything. What's a vase about? What's a sunset or a flower about? What, for that matter, is Mozart's Twenty-third Piano Concerto about?” Douglas Adams
Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Beauty, Art, Meaning, Philosophy, Perspective“The Saab seethed off into the night. Arthur watched it go, as stunned as a man might be who, having believed himself to be totally blind for five years, suddenly discovers that he had merely been wearing too large a hat.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Humor, Realization, Metaphor, Description
Douglas Adams Perception, Humor, Realization, Metaphor, Description“Dirk was, for one of the few times in a life of exuberantly prolific loquacity, wordless.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness
Douglas Adams Silence, Character, Contrast, Vocabulary, Speechlessness“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Description, Humor, Historical Reference, Aesthetics, Criticism
Douglas Adams Description, Humor, Historical Reference, Aesthetics, Criticism“Ah. Now there you're asking. The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis. Not only is the continuum like a human body, it is also very like a piece of badly put up wallpaper. Push down a bubble somewhere, another one pops up somewhere else. There are no more dodos because of my interference. In the end I imposed the rule on myself because I simply couldn't bear it any more. The only thing that really gets hurt when you try and change time is yourself." He smiled bleakly and looked away.” Douglas Adams
Time Travel, Causality, Consequences, Regret, Complexity
Douglas Adams Time Travel, Causality, Consequences, Regret, Complexity“I'd far rather be happy than right any day.” Douglas Adams
Happiness, Correctness, Priorities, Contentment, Personal Philosophy
Douglas Adams Happiness, Correctness, Priorities, Contentment, Personal Philosophy“People wanted me to do a CD-ROM of 'Hitchhiker's,' and I thought, 'No, no.' I didn't want to just sort of reverse-engineer yet another thing from a book I'd already written. I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Technology, Adaptation, Innovation, Digital Media
Douglas Adams Creativity, Technology, Adaptation, Innovation, Digital Media“When the idea comes, I often can't remember where it came from. I remember very little about writing the first series of Hitchhiker's. It's almost as if someone else wrote it.” Douglas Adams
Creativity, Memory, Writing Process, Inspiration, Authorship
Douglas Adams Creativity, Memory, Writing Process, Inspiration, Authorship“Don't spin your wheels and stress. Take a deep breath, center yourself and make a plan.” Douglas Adams
Advice, Stress Management, Planning, Mindfulness, Self-help
Douglas Adams Advice, Stress Management, Planning, Mindfulness, Self-help“Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies – what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?” Douglas Adams
Media Evolution, Technology, News, Progress, Obsolescence
Douglas Adams Media Evolution, Technology, News, Progress, Obsolescence“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“Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of.” Douglas Adams
Wealth, Inequality, Social Commentary, Satire, Class
Douglas Adams Wealth, Inequality, Social Commentary, Satire, Class“You can't dodge your responsibilities by saying they don't exist!” Douglas Adams
Responsibility, Avoidance, Existence, Accountability, Advice
Douglas Adams Responsibility, Avoidance, Existence, Accountability, Advice“Who should play the lead role in a film about me? Dunno. Danny De Vito? Jeff Goldblum? Meryl Streep? Someone of that kind.” Douglas Adams
Casting, Self-perception, Humor, Film, Hypothetical
Douglas Adams Casting, Self-perception, Humor, Film, Hypothetical“Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.” Douglas Adams
Childhood, Perception, Understanding, Wisdom, Clarity
Douglas Adams Childhood, Perception, Understanding, Wisdom, Clarity“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've been talking about how electronic books will come, and how important they will be, and all of a sudden Stephen King publishes one. I feel a complete idiot, as it should have been me.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Books, Innovation, Regret, Competition
Douglas Adams Technology, Books, Innovation, Regret, Competition“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