When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch.
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“My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees.” Douglas Adams
Animals, Humor, Ineptitude, Information, Nature
Douglas Adams Animals, Humor, Ineptitude, Information, Nature“In an infinite Universe anything can happen.” Douglas Adams
Infinity, Possibility, Universe, Philosophy, Perspective
Douglas Adams Infinity, Possibility, Universe, Philosophy, Perspective“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“High on a rocky promontory sat an Electric Monk on a bored horse.” Douglas Adams
Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor
Douglas Adams Surrealism, Technology, Boredom, Imagery, Humor“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.” Douglas Adams
Space, Scale, Perspective, Humor, Comparison
Douglas Adams Space, Scale, Perspective, Humor, Comparison“The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules for ourselves as we go along.” Douglas Adams
Morality, Humanity, Ethics, Rules, Self-determination
Douglas Adams Morality, Humanity, Ethics, Rules, Self-determination“There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.” Douglas Adams
People, Relationships, First Impressions, Humor, Social Interactions
Douglas Adams People, Relationships, First Impressions, Humor, Social Interactions“I don't think anybody would argue now that the Internet isn't becoming a major factor in our lives. However, it's very new to us. Newsreaders still feel it is worth a special and rather worrying mention if, for instance, a crime was planned by people 'over the Internet.'” Douglas Adams
Internet, Society, Technology, Perception, Media
Douglas Adams Internet, Society, Technology, Perception, Media“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“Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was. "Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.” Douglas Adams
Tea, Priorities, Spaceship, Humor, British Culture
Douglas Adams Tea, Priorities, Spaceship, Humor, British Culture“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.” Douglas Adams
Science Fiction, Mice, Humor, Dimensions, Intelligence
Douglas Adams Science Fiction, Mice, Humor, Dimensions, Intelligence“The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armor to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Criticism, Bill Gates, Irony, Business
Douglas Adams Technology, Criticism, Bill Gates, Irony, Business“I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in.” Douglas Adams
Digital Media, Creativity, Innovation, Technology, Originality
Douglas Adams Digital Media, Creativity, Innovation, Technology, Originality“One, a young man, was tall, thin and angular; even muffled inside a heavy dark coat he walked a little like an affronted heron. The.” Douglas Adams
Description, Character, Imagery, Humor, Observation
Douglas Adams Description, Character, Imagery, Humor, Observation“Plenty of people didn't care for him much, but there is a huge difference between disliking somebody – maybe even disliking them a lot – and actually shooting them, strangling them, dragging them through the fields and setting their house on fire. It was a difference which kept the vast majority of the population alive from day to day.” Douglas Adams
Human Nature, Violence, Social Commentary, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Human Nature, Violence, Social Commentary, Humor, Perspective“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“There is another theory that states: This has already happened.” Douglas Adams
Time, Theory, Paradox, Humor, Perspective
Douglas Adams Time, Theory, Paradox, Humor, Perspective“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