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Douglas Adams Quotes

Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone Picture Quote #1

I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer Picture Quote #1

Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it’s sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It’s got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast Picture Quote #1

Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch Picture Quote #1

A learning experience is one of those things that says, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that Picture Quote #1

Why?’ is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you ‘What’s the time?’ or ‘When was the battle of 1066?’ or ‘How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?’ The answers are easy and are, respectively, ‘Seven-thirty in the evening,’ ‘Ten-fifteen in the morning,’ and ‘Don’t ask stupid questions Picture Quote #1

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Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn’t- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying ‘Please do not press this button again Picture Quote #1

We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do. We notice computers, we don’t notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don’t notice books Picture Quote #1

The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm Picture Quote #1

The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we eat?’ the second by the question ‘Why do we eat?’ and the third by the question ‘Where shall we have lunch? Picture Quote #1

He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries Picture Quote #1

Ballycumber (ba-li-KUM-ber) n. One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed Picture Quote #1

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A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment Picture Quote #1

The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe Picture Quote #1

The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn’t ring. Or the phone Picture Quote #1

Why’ is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go ‘A B C D What? When? How?’ but it does go ‘V W X Why? Z Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they’d have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City Picture Quote #1

Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he had decided he would go mad, and now here he was already chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric Earth Picture Quote #1

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It {Darwin’s theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity of life. The awe it inspired in me made the awe that people talk about in respect of religious experience seem, frankly, silly beside it. I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day Picture Quote #1

Mc Donalds he thought. There’s no longer any such thing as a Mc Donalds hamburger. He passed out. When he came around seconds later he found he was sobbing for his mother Picture Quote #1

Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for Picture Quote #1

Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps Picture Quote #1

Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page Picture Quote #1

It’s part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me Picture Quote #1

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Will you stop counting!’ snarled Zaphod. ‘Yes,’ said Ford Prefect, ‘in three minutes and thirty-five seconds Picture Quote #1

Sir,’ I said to the universe, ‘I exist.’ ‘That,’ said the universe, ‘creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever Picture Quote #1

Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible Picture Quote #1

Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader’s Digest. They’ve got a page for people like you Picture Quote #1

... The truth of the matter is, that most English people don’t know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants Picture Quote #1

You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy’s a fun place. You’ll need to have this fish in your ear Picture Quote #1

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Generally, old media don’t die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven’t been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn’t want a TV screen on your headstone (Douglas Adams Quotes) I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer (Douglas Adams Quotes) Life... is like a grapefruit. Well, it’s sort of orangey-yellow and dimpled on the outside, wet and squidgy in the middle. It’s got pips inside, too. Oh, and some people have half a one for breakfast (Douglas Adams Quotes) Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch (Douglas Adams Quotes) A learning experience is one of those things that says, ‘You know that thing you just did? Don’t do that (Douglas Adams Quotes) Why?’ is always the most difficult question to answer. You know where you are when someone asks you ‘What’s the time?’ or ‘When was the battle of 1066?’ or ‘How do these seatbelts work that go tight when you slam the brakes on, Daddy?’ The answers are easy and are, respectively, ‘Seven-thirty in the evening,’ ‘Ten-fifteen in the morning,’ and ‘Don’t ask stupid questions (Douglas Adams Quotes) Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn’t- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent: A sign lit up, saying ‘Please do not press this button again (Douglas Adams Quotes) We notice things that don’t work. We don’t notice things that do. We notice computers, we don’t notice pennies. We notice e-book readers, we don’t notice books (Douglas Adams Quotes) The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,’ said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm (Douglas Adams Quotes) The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we eat?’ the second by the question ‘Why do we eat?’ and the third by the question ‘Where shall we have lunch? (Douglas Adams Quotes) He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries (Douglas Adams Quotes) Ballycumber (ba-li-KUM-ber) n. One of the six half-read books lying somewhere in your bed (Douglas Adams Quotes) A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment (Douglas Adams Quotes) The Electric Monk was a labour-saving device, like a dishwasher or a video recorder... Electric Monks believed things for you, thus saving you what was becoming an increasingly onerous task, that of believing all the things the world expected you to believe (Douglas Adams Quotes) The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn’t ring. Or the phone (Douglas Adams Quotes) Why’ is the only question that bothers people enough to have an entire letter of the alphabet named after it. The alphabet does not go ‘A B C D What? When? How?’ but it does go ‘V W X Why? Z (Douglas Adams Quotes) Unfortunately this Electric Monk had developed a fault, and had started to believe all kinds of things, more or less at random. It was even beginning to believe things they’d have difficulty believing in Salt Lake City (Douglas Adams Quotes) Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty minutes ago he had decided he would go mad, and now here he was already chasing a Chesterfield sofa across the fields of prehistoric Earth (Douglas Adams Quotes) It {Darwin’s theory of evolution] was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity of life. The awe it inspired in me made the awe that people talk about in respect of religious experience seem, frankly, silly beside it. I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day (Douglas Adams Quotes) Mc Donalds he thought. There’s no longer any such thing as a Mc Donalds hamburger. He passed out. When he came around seconds later he found he was sobbing for his mother (Douglas Adams Quotes) Aberystwyth (n.) A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for (Douglas Adams Quotes) Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps (Douglas Adams Quotes) Beppu (n.) The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page (Douglas Adams Quotes) It’s part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me (Douglas Adams Quotes) Will you stop counting!’ snarled Zaphod. ‘Yes,’ said Ford Prefect, ‘in three minutes and thirty-five seconds (Douglas Adams Quotes) Sir,’ I said to the universe, ‘I exist.’ ‘That,’ said the universe, ‘creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever (Douglas Adams Quotes) Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible (Douglas Adams Quotes) Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader’s Digest. They’ve got a page for people like you (Douglas Adams Quotes) ... The truth of the matter is, that most English people don’t know how to make tea anymore either, and most people drink cheap instant coffee instead, which is a pity, and gives Americans the impression that the English are just generally clueless about hot stimulants (Douglas Adams Quotes) You just come along with me and have a good time. The Galaxy’s a fun place. You’ll need to have this fish in your ear (Douglas Adams Quotes)

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