When the girl sitting at the next table looked away from a moment, Dirk leaned over and took her coffee. He knew that he was perfectly safe doing this because she would simply not be able to believe that this had happened.
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“Assumptions are what we don't know we are making.” Douglas Adams
Assumptions, Knowledge, Perception, Critical Thinking, Self-awareness
Douglas Adams Assumptions, Knowledge, Perception, Critical Thinking, Self-awareness“It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Danger, Physics, Perspective, Death
Douglas Adams Humor, Danger, Physics, Perspective, Death“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 think the idea of art kills creativity.” Douglas Adams
Art, Creativity, Philosophy, Contradiction, Perspective
Douglas Adams Art, Creativity, Philosophy, Contradiction, Perspective“We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Perspective, Evolution, Design, Familiarity
Douglas Adams Technology, Perspective, Evolution, Design, Familiarity“2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change.” Douglas Adams
Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary
Douglas Adams Religion, Kindness, History, Cynicism, Social Commentary“There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere
Douglas Adams Silence, Noise, Contrast, Repetition, Atmosphere“If God allows proof that he exists he robs people of faith and without faith what is God? Nothing.” Douglas Adams
Faith, Proof, Existence, Religion, Philosophical Paradox
Douglas Adams Faith, Proof, Existence, Religion, Philosophical Paradox“Let's think the unthinkable, let's do the undoable. Let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.” Douglas Adams
Challenge, Ambition, Wordplay, Humor, Philosophy
Douglas Adams Challenge, Ambition, Wordplay, Humor, Philosophy“Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.” Douglas Adams
Time Travel, Paradox, Invention, History, Humor
Douglas Adams Time Travel, Paradox, Invention, History, Humor“See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.” Douglas Adams
Science, Observation, Methodology, Expectations, Advice
Douglas Adams Science, Observation, Methodology, Expectations, Advice“Yes, it is true that sometimes unusually intelligent and sensitive children can appear to be stupid. But stupid children can sometimes appear to be stupid as well. I think that's something you might have to consider.” Douglas Adams
Intelligence, Children, Perception, Humor, Education
Douglas Adams Intelligence, Children, Perception, Humor, Education“Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him.” Douglas Adams
Incompetence, Self-doubt, Humor, Responsibility, Anxiety
Douglas Adams Incompetence, Self-doubt, Humor, Responsibility, Anxiety“I am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer...” Douglas Adams
Computers, Happiness, Programming, Technology, Passion
Douglas Adams Computers, Happiness, Programming, Technology, Passion“The little waiter's eyebrows wandered about his forehead in confusion.” Douglas Adams
Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification
Douglas Adams Description, Confusion, Humor, Facial Expressions, Personification“Nobody got murdered before lunch. But nobody. People weren't up to it. You needed a good lunch to get both the blood-sugar and blood-lust levels up.” Douglas Adams
Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature
Douglas Adams Humor, Murder, Food, Timing, Human Nature“I don't say that I don't believe in God because that implies that there is a God for me not to believe in.” Douglas Adams
Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic
Douglas Adams Atheism, Belief, God, Language, Logic“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Failure, Irony, Engineering, Murphy’s Law
Douglas Adams Technology, Failure, Irony, Engineering, Murphy’s Law