You see what I have done?′ he asked the ceiling, which seemed to flinch slightly at being yanked so suddenly into the conversation.
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Personification, Humor, Conversation, Inanimate Objects, Self-importance
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“I wanted to be John Cleese. It took me some time to realise that the job was taken.” Douglas Adams
Aspiration, Humor, Realization, Identity, Career
Douglas Adams Aspiration, Humor, Realization, Identity, Career“In the years since then, Richard had run into Dirk from time to time and had usually been greeted with that kind of guarded half smile that wants to know if you think it owes you money before it blossoms into one that hopes you will lend it some.” Douglas Adams
Relationships, Money, Facial Expressions, Humor, Social Interaction
Douglas Adams Relationships, Money, Facial Expressions, Humor, Social Interaction“The other was small, roundish, and moved with an ungainly restlessness, like a number of elderly squirrels trying to escape from a sack. His own age was on the older side of completely indeterminate. If.” Douglas Adams
Description, Character, Humor, Age, Simile
Douglas Adams Description, Character, Humor, Age, Simile“One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with.” Douglas Adams
Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance
Douglas Adams Time Travel, Family, Humor, Paradox, Acceptance“In the stillness, a fly would not have dared clear it's throat.” Douglas Adams
Silence, Imagery, Humor, Exaggeration, Atmosphere
Douglas Adams Silence, Imagery, Humor, Exaggeration, Atmosphere“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“The light was only just visible – except of course that there was no one to see, no witnesses, not this time, but it was nevertheless a light.” Douglas Adams
Perception, Existence, Philosophy, Light, Observation
Douglas Adams Perception, Existence, Philosophy, Light, Observation“Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness and wondered if he shouldn't just jump over and have done with it.” Douglas Adams
Madness, Decision-making, Humor, Character Development, Mental State
Douglas Adams Madness, Decision-making, Humor, Character Development, Mental State“Their minds sang with the ecstatic knowledge that either what they were doing was completely and utterly and totally impossible or that physics had a lot of catching up to do.” Douglas Adams
Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science
Douglas Adams Impossibility, Physics, Knowledge, Excitement, Science“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“Capital Letters Were Always The Best Way Of Dealing With Things You Didn't Have A Good Answer To.” Douglas Adams
Writing Style, Evasion, Humor, Communication, Emphasis
Douglas Adams Writing Style, Evasion, Humor, Communication, Emphasis“It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.” Douglas Adams
Perspective, Empathy, Danger, Understanding, Training
Douglas Adams Perspective, Empathy, Danger, Understanding, Training“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 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“I am rarely happier than when spending entire day programming my computer to perform automatically a task that it would otherwise take me a good ten seconds to do by hand.” Douglas Adams
Technology, Efficiency, Humor, Programming, Irony
Douglas Adams Technology, Efficiency, Humor, Programming, Irony“Wandering around the web is like living in a world in which every doorway is actually one of those science fiction devices which deposit you in a completely different part of the world when you walk through them. In fact, it isn't like it, it is it.” Douglas Adams
Internet, Technology, Metaphor, Science Fiction, Reality
Douglas Adams Internet, Technology, Metaphor, Science Fiction, Reality“Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.” Douglas Adams
Behavior, Maturity, Expectations, Contradiction, Humor
Douglas Adams Behavior, Maturity, Expectations, Contradiction, Humor“I have terrible periods of lack of confidence. I just don't believe I can do it and no evidence to the contrary will sway me from that view.” Douglas Adams
Self-doubt, Confidence, Stubbornness, Belief, Personal Struggles
Douglas Adams Self-doubt, Confidence, Stubbornness, Belief, Personal Struggles