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So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked. He looked at me as if I were stupid. 'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.

So what do we do if we get bitten by something deadly?' I asked. He looked at me as if I were stupid. 'You die, of course. That's what deadly means.

Stupid, Mean, Dies

If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.

Exercise, Brain, Lips

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.59, Del Rey

Well the hours are good...' ... 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.

Hours, Minutes, Wells

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.47, Pan Macmillan

SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.

Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings, Sitting

"The Meaning of Liff". Book by Douglas Adams, John Lloyd, 1983.

Time doesn't necessarily happen in chronological order.

Time, Order, Happens

Anything that happens, happens. Anything that, in happening, causes something else to happen, causes something else to happen. Anything that, in happening, causes itself to happen again, happens again. It doesn’t necessarily do it in chronological order, though.

Order, Causes, Happens

"Mostly Harmless (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 5)". Book by Douglas Adams, 1992.

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

Inspirational, Happiness, Being Happy

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.173, Del Rey

I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.

Thinking, Honest, Problem

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.119, Pan Macmillan

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

Ego, Important, Want

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.66, Pan Macmillan

Anything invented before your fifteenth birthday is the order of nature. That's how it should be. Anything invented between your th and th birthday is new and exciting, and you might get a career there. Anything invented after that day, however, is against nature and should be prohibited.

Order, Careers, Might

The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

Depression, Giving, Mad

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.167, Pan Macmillan

Numbers written on restaurant bills within the confines of restaurants do not follow the same mathematical laws as numbers written on any other pieces of paper in any other parts of the Universe. This single fact took the scientific world by storm.

Food, Science, Law

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2: The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases”, p.45, Pan Macmillan

And as he drove on, the rainclouds dragged down the sky after him, for, though he did not know it, Rob McKenna was a Rain God. All he knew was that his working days were miserable and he had a succession of lousy holidays. All the clouds knew was that they loved him and wanted to be near him, to cherish him, and to water him.

Rain, Holiday, Clouds

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.15, Pan Macmillan

The kakapo is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for waggling a bit if it thinks it's about to trip over something - but flying is out of the question. Sadly, however, it seems that not only has the kakapo forgotten how to fly, but it has forgotten that it has forgotten how to fly. Apparently a seriously worried kakapo will sometimes run up a tree and jump out of it, whereupon it flies like a brick and lands in a graceless heap on the ground.

Running, Thinking, Land

"Last Chance to See". Book by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine (Chapter 4 "Heartbeats in the Night"), 1990.

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that.

Thinking, Tests, Firsts

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.108, Pan Macmillan

Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice?

World, Today, Said

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.26, Pan Macmillan

Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.

Struggle, Winning, Men

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.29, Pan Macmillan

One is never alone with a rubber duck.

Ducks, Rubber Ducks, Rubber

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.297, Pan Macmillan

I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course--the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end.

Computer, Internet, Century

You can't possibly be a scientist if you mind people thinking that you're a fool.

Science, Thinking, People

Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, p.108, Pan Macmillan

I don't go to mythical places with strange men.

Men, Strange Man, Strange

Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don't eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting "Gotcha". It wouldn't have made any difference if they hadn't eaten it.' 'Why not?' 'Because if you're dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won't give up. They'll get you in the end.

Giving Up, Garden, Apples

Could be. I’m a pretty dangerous dude when I’m cornered.” “Yeah,” said the voice from under the table, “you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel.

Voice, People, Pieces

Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.291, Del Rey

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.

Believe, Tasks, Video

"You Pay, Computer Prays For You". www.foxnews.com. March 26, 2009.

And then, just when you think that you have experienced all the wonders that this world has to offer, you round a peak and suddenly think you're doing the whole thing over again, but this time on drugs.

Nature, Thinking, Drug

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.123, Ballantine Books

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