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Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
English Writer
Born: Mar 11, 1952
Died: May 11, 2001
Me People Think Time Worth You
Related authors: Agatha Christie Arthur C. Clarke D. H. Lawrence Gilbert K. Chesterton John Ruskin Ricky Gervais Rudyard Kipling Thomas Paine
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams
Mistake People Fools Design Complete Something Foolproof Underestimate Make Trying Common Ingenuity
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams
Experience Others Ability Having Remarkable Almost Also Learn Human Human Beings Apparent Who Unique Beings
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams
Seldom Almost Always Go End Up Where Wanted Need
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams
Will Universe States Bizarre Exactly Exactly What Something More Disappear Instantly Another Inexplicable Discovers Replaced Anyone Happened Which Theory Even Why Ever Here
In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams
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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams
Learning Yourself Flying Throw Miss How Ground
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? Douglas Adams
Beautiful Gardening Garden Believe Too Enough See Having Bottom Fairies Without
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams
Dreams Wife Idiot Philosopher Would Dreamer He His Thinker Speculative
This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Douglas Adams
Must Could Never Thursday Get Hang
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
Job Made President Allowed Account Getting Anyone Capable Themselves Should Who
Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner. Douglas Adams
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We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem. Douglas Adams
You Problem Own Still Repeat Normality Anything Your Therefore Cope
Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams
Time Better Sharks Long Long Time Ocean Before Nothing Books Dinosaurs Shark Because Around Still Were Been Very Very Long Time Than Being Reason
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. Douglas Adams
You Try First See Take Cat First Thing How Hands The First Thing Apart Your Works Thing
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Douglas Adams
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I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. Douglas Adams
Truth Me Believe Still Prove
Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive. Douglas Adams
Good You Book Matter Will Drop Books Find Look Survive Being Size Happens Place Them Really Your Keep Right
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. Douglas Adams
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I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously. Douglas Adams
Religion Me Business People Seriously Otherwise Find Take Does Intelligent Intelligent People Interesting Whole Profoundly
I briefly did therapy, but after a while, I realised it is just like a farmer complaining about the weather. You can't fix the weather - you just have to get on with it. Douglas Adams
You Complaining Weather About Like Fix Get Did Just After Realised While Farmer Therapy
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. Douglas Adams
Nothing Continue Happen After Happened Then Moment Second
The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. Douglas Adams
Integrity Impossible Kind Merely Improbable Often Lacks Which
One of the most important things you learn from the Internet is that there is no 'them' out there. It's just an awful lot of 'us.' Douglas Adams
You Internet Important Important Things Out Most Learn Lot Just The Most Important Them Us Awful Awful Lot Things
To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. Douglas Adams
Freedom You Balance Better Sometimes Understanding Think Frank Those Though Claims Seems More Idea How Lot Than American Want Your Your Freedom Europe Competing
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