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Douglas Adams Quotes - Page 12

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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

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.

Party, Years, Leaving

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.410, Pan Macmillan

The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And another thing...' twenty minutes after admitting he'd lost the argument.

Men, Storm, Twenties

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.585, Del Rey

One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.

Habit, Found, Obvious

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.40, Pan Macmillan

... 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.

Coffee, Clueless, People

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.81, Del Rey

Most of the time spent wrestling with technologies that don't quite work yet is just not worth it for end users, however much fun it is for nerds.

Fun, Wrestling, Technology

Douglas Adams (2005). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.112, Del Rey

Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.

Funny, Life, Orange

My own strategy is to find a car, or the nearest equivalent, which looks as if it knows where it's going and follow it. I rarely end up where I was intending to go, but often I end up somewhere I needed to be.

Car, Looks, Strategy

Douglas Adams (2016). “Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency Box Set: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

Lovers of print are simply confusing the plate for the food.

Confusing, Lovers, Plates

"Would you like to see the menu?" he said. "Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?" [...] "Good evening," it lowed and sat back heavily on its haunches, "I am the main Dish of the Day. May I interest you in parts of my body?"

Body, May, Evening

"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 2)". Book by Douglas Adams, October 1980.

Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.

Safe, Strange, Awareness

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.35, Pan Macmillan

We are now cruising at a level of two to the power of twenty-five thousand to one against and falling, and we will be restoring normality just as soon as we are sure what is normal anyway.

Fall, Two, Levels

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.56, Pan Macmillan

Even the evil-looking bird perched on a rod in the bar had stopped screeching out the names and addresses of local contract killers, which was a service it provided for free.

Names, Evil, Bird

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.488, Pan Macmillan

How do I know the past is not a fiction conceived to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present.

Past, Differences, Mind

Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened.

Made, Happened, Universe

The bowler approached the wicket at a lope, a trot, and then a run. He suddenly exploded in a flurry of arms and legs, out of which flew a ball.

Running, Balls, Legs

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.337, Pan Macmillan

A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.

Beach, Real, House

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.69, Pan Macmillan

Can't stand all these poisonous creatures, all these snakes and insects and fish and things. Wretched things, biting everybody. And then people expect me to tell them what to do about it. I'll tell them what to do. Don't get bitten in the first place. (quoting Dr. Struan Sutherland)

Snakes, People, Drs

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.21, Ballantine Books

A computer chatted to itself in alarm as it noticed an airlock open and close itself for no apparent reason. This was because Reason was in fact out to lunch.

Lunch, Alarms, Facts

A theory of the universe that states: If anyone finds out what the universe is for, it will disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.

Disappear, States, Inexplicable

Ghastly," continued Marvin, "it all is. Absolutely ghastly. Just don't even talk about it. Look at this door," he said, stepping through it. The irony circuits cut in to his voice modulator as he mimicked the style of the sales brochure. " 'All the doors in his spaceship have a cheerful and sunny disposition. It is their pleasure to open for you, and their satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done.' " As the door closed behind them it became apparent that it did indeed have a satisfied sighlike quality to it. "Hummmmmmmyummmmmmmah!" it said.

Jobs, Cutting, Doors

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.67, Pan Macmillan

Anything that happens, happens.

Happens

Douglas Adams, Stephen Fry (2012). “The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time”, p.106, Pan Macmillan

In an infinite Universe anything can happen.

Infinite, Anything Can Happen, Happenstance

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.122, Pan Macmillan

The Macintosh may only have 10% of the market, but it is clearly the top 10%.

Top 10, May, Macintosh

A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea.

Beach, Sea, Mad

Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.71, Pan Macmillan

Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.

Eye, Cereal, Trying

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.184, Pan Macmillan

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