We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win.
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Obsession, Apathy, Competition, Human Nature, Defeat
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More Douglas Adams Quotes
“Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both time and space a good deal. At least being lost in space kept you busy.” Douglas Adams
Time, Space, Being Lost, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Time, Space, Being Lost, Humor, Perspective“Lots of people are not in the business you think they're in. Xerox, for instance, is in the business of selling toner cartridges. All that mucking about they do developing high-tech copying and printing machines is just creating a commodity market in toner cartridges, which is where their profit lies. Television companies are not in the business of delivering television programmes to their audience, they're in the business of delivering audiences to their advertisers.” Douglas Adams
Business, Perception, Profit, Marketing, Media
Douglas Adams Business, Perception, Profit, Marketing, Media“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“The difference between us and a computer is that, the computer is blindingly stupid, but it is capable of being stupid many, many million times a second.” Douglas Adams
Computers, Intelligence, Speed, Human Nature, Technology
Douglas Adams Computers, Intelligence, Speed, Human Nature, Technology“Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.” Douglas Adams
Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective
Douglas Adams Reality, Fiction, Cynicism, Writing, Perspective“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“The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field in Innsbruck.” Douglas Adams
Inspiration, Creativity, Alcohol, Origin Story, Travel
Douglas Adams Inspiration, Creativity, Alcohol, Origin Story, Travel“What is this? Some sort of galactic hyperhearse?” Douglas Adams
Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion
Douglas Adams Space Travel, Death, Humor, Description, Confusion“It meant that the silently waged conflict between himself and his cleaning lady had escalated to a new and more frightening level. It was now, Dirk reckoned, fully three months since this fridge door had been opened, and each of them was grimly determined not to be the one to open it first.” Douglas Adams
Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension
Douglas Adams Conflict, Stubbornness, Humor, Domestic Life, Tension“I think media are at their most interesting before anybody's thought of calling them art, when people still think they're just a load of junk.” Douglas Adams
Media, Art, Perception, Creativity, Cultural Evolution
Douglas Adams Media, Art, Perception, Creativity, Cultural Evolution“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.” Douglas Adams
Advice, Judgment, Life Quality, Wisdom, Credibility
Douglas Adams Advice, Judgment, Life Quality, Wisdom, Credibility“For a moment he felt good about this. A moment or two later he felt bad about feeling good about it. Then he felt good about feeling bad about feeling good about it and satisfied, drove on into the night.” Douglas Adams
Self-reflection, Overthinking, Humor, Psychological Complexity, Satisfaction
Douglas Adams Self-reflection, Overthinking, Humor, Psychological Complexity, Satisfaction“The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Probability, Integrity, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Probability, Integrity, Philosophy, Perspective“Dennis Hutch had stepped up into the top seat when its founder had died of a lethal overdose of brick wall, taken while under the influence of a Ferrari and a bottle of tequila.” Douglas Adams
Dark Humor, Death, Cars, Alcohol, Corporate Succession
Douglas Adams Dark Humor, Death, Cars, Alcohol, Corporate Succession“Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Tardiness, Perception, Attitude, Self-confidence
Douglas Adams Humor, Tardiness, Perception, Attitude, Self-confidence“There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Reality, Language, Perspective, Logic
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Reality, Language, Perspective, Logic“Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinity – distance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless.” Douglas Adams
Astronomy, Infinity, Perspective, Philosophy, Insignificance
Douglas Adams Astronomy, Infinity, Perspective, Philosophy, Insignificance“Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.” Douglas Adams
Books, Technology, Metaphor, Change, Reading
Douglas Adams Books, Technology, Metaphor, Change, Reading“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, Evolution, Social Dynamics, Brain Function, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Trust, Evolution, Social Dynamics, Brain Function, Human Nature“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