These creatures you call mice, you see, they are not quite as they appear. They are merely the protrusion into our dimension of vastly hyperintelligent pandimensional beings.
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Science Fiction, Mice, Humor, Dimensions, Intelligence
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“I was the only kid who anybody I knew has ever seen actually walk into a lamppost with his eyes wide open. Everybody assumed that there must be something going on inside, because there sure as hell wasn't anything going on the outside!” Douglas Adams
Childhood, Clumsiness, Perception, Humor, Self-deprecation
Douglas Adams Childhood, Clumsiness, Perception, Humor, Self-deprecation“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” Douglas Adams
Design, Foolproofing, Human Nature, Humor, Underestimation
Douglas Adams Design, Foolproofing, Human Nature, Humor, Underestimation“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“Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is.” Douglas Adams
Writing, Television, Creativity, Complexity, Reality Check
Douglas Adams Writing, Television, Creativity, Complexity, Reality Check“Very strange people, physicists – in my experience the ones who aren't dead are in some way very ill.” Douglas Adams
Physicists, Humor, Observation, Health, Eccentricity
Douglas Adams Physicists, Humor, Observation, Health, Eccentricity“The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up.” Douglas Adams
Party, Exaggeration, Time, Humor, Persistence
Douglas Adams Party, Exaggeration, Time, Humor, Persistence“God is no longer an explanation of anything, but has instead become something that would itself need an insurmountable amount of explaining.” Douglas Adams
Religion, Explanation, Skepticism, Complexity, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Religion, Explanation, Skepticism, Complexity, Philosophy“The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Quality, Market Share, Perspective, Brand Loyalty
Douglas Adams Technology, Quality, Market Share, Perspective, Brand Loyalty“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“It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.” Douglas Adams
Politics, Leadership, Irony, Power, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Politics, Leadership, Irony, Power, Human Nature“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Humor, Definition, Progress, Cynicism
Douglas Adams Technology, Humor, Definition, Progress, Cynicism“Books are sharks because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark.” Douglas Adams
Books, Evolution, Metaphor, Survival, Adaptability
Douglas Adams Books, Evolution, Metaphor, Survival, Adaptability“If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It must have been an Italian.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution
Douglas Adams Atheism, Religion, Humor, Design, Evolution“We'll be saying a big hello to all intelligent lifeforms everywhere and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.” Douglas Adams
Extraterrestrial Life, Humor, Greeting, Primitive Technology, Inclusivity
Douglas Adams Extraterrestrial Life, Humor, Greeting, Primitive Technology, Inclusivity“But it was the chance carelessness of it which particularly appealed to Dirk because words used carelessly, as if they did not matter in any serious way, often allowed otherwise well-guarded truths to seep through.” Douglas Adams
Language, Truth, Carelessness, Observation, Communication
Douglas Adams Language, Truth, Carelessness, Observation, Communication“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“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“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