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and we’ll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere … and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.

and we’ll be saying a big hello to all intelligent life forms everywhere … and to everyone else out there, the secret is to bang the rocks together, guys.

Intelligent, Rocks, Guy

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.69, Pan Macmillan

It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.

Eye, People, Ears

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.130, Pan Macmillan

‎If you ever find you need help again, you know, if you're in trouble, need a hand out of a corner..." "Yeah?" "Please don't hesitate to get lost.

Hands, Needs, Helping

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.22, Pan Macmillan

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.

Inspiration, Thinking, Body

We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

Problem, Reincarnation, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy

The Original Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Script Fit the Second (p. 42)

I wrote an ad for Apple Computer: "Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end".

Apples, Might, Computer

The first ten million years were the worst," said Marvin, "and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million years I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

Years, Firsts, Decline

Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) ch. 18

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

Democracies Have, Long, Dolphins

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

All through my life I've had this strange unaccountable feeling that something was going on in the world, something big, even sinister, and no one would tell me what it was." "No," said the old man, "that's just perfectly normal paranoia. Everyone in the Universe has that.

Men, Perfectly Normal, Feelings

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.125, Pan Macmillan

He was constantly reminded of how startlingly different a place the world was when viewed from a point only three feet to the left.

Feet, Different, Three

"The Salmon of Doubt". Book by Douglas Adams, 2002.

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of rescue. Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer.

Moving, Challenges, Finding Yourself

Douglas Adams (1985). “The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts”, Random House Value Publishing

He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both.

Successful, Car, Getting Lost

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.266, Simon and Schuster

Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.

Hitchhiking, Said, Paranoid

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.96, Pan Macmillan

First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.

Technology, Typewriters, Discovery

Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.

Penguins, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Hitchhikers Guide

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?

Time, Past, Men

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.282, Pan Macmillan

Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?

People, Watches, Want

Douglas Adams (1985). “The Original Hitchhiker Radio Scripts”, Random House Value Publishing

The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, the effect of which is like having your brains smashed out with a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick.

Alcohol, Brain, Gold

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts”, p.26, Pan Macmillan

People who need to bully you are the easiest to push around.

People, Bully, Needs

This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.

You Make Me Happy, People, Unhappy

Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.

Cheerful, Hardship, Dirt

So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the murky depths. Yeah,' he said, 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.

Depth, Hours, Yeah

Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.53, Pan Macmillan

He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.

Purpose

Douglas Adams (2009). “Mostly Harmless”, p.75, Pan Macmillan

Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.

War, Believe, Humility

The great thing about being the only species that makes a distinction between right and wrong is that we can make up the rules for ourselves as we go along.

Crazy, Mad, Distinction

Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine (2011). “Last Chance to See”, p.61, Ballantine Books

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