The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis. Douglas Adams More Quotes by Douglas Adams More Quotes From Douglas Adams Obviously somebody had been appallingly incompetent and he hoped to God it wasn't him. Douglas Adams incompetentincompetence 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 earsfunneeds After a while he played with the pencil and the paper again and was delighted when he discovered how to make a mark with the one on the other. Various noises continued outside, but he didn't know whether they were real or not. He then talked to his table for a week to see how it would react. Douglas Adams realpapertables 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. Douglas Adams lawfoodscience What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he launched into the most extraordinary and spectacular fit of coughing which caught Arthur so much by surprise that he started to choke violently, discovered he was already doing it and got thoroughly confused. Douglas Adams confusedmindmen Only by counting could humans demonstrate their independence of computers. Douglas Adams independencecountingcomputer Hey, this is terrific!" he said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us!" "Terrific," said Arthur. "But don't you see what this means?" "Yes. We are going to die." "Yes, but apart from that." "Apart from that?!" "It means we must be on to something!" "How soon can we get off it? Douglas Adams heytryingmean The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as "Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing devision of the Sirius Cybernetic Corporation as "a bunch of mindless jerks who'll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes. Douglas Adams wallfunmen How do you know you're having fun if there's no one watching you have it? Douglas Adams do-you-knowknowsfun The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks, one of which is trying to make a third duck inside the second duck, whilst the second duck is trying very hard to explain that it doesn't feel ready for a third duck right now, is uncertain that it would want any putative third duck anyway, and certainly not whilst it, the second duck, was busy flying. Douglas Adams duckspartytwo The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it which the merely improbable lacks. How often have you been presented with an apparently rational explanation of something that works in all respects other than one, which is just that it is hopelessly improbable? Your instinct is to say, 'Yes, but he or she simply wouldn't do that. Douglas Adams kindimpossibleintegrity Many respectable physicists said that they weren't going to stand for this -- partly because it was a debasement of science, but mostly because they didn't get invited to those sort of parties. Douglas Adams physicistpartysaid I've never understood all this fuss people make about the dawn. I've seen a few and they're never as good as the photographs, which have the additional advantage of being things you can look at when you're in the right frame of mind, which is usually around lunchtime. Douglas Adams dawnmindpeople Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds. Douglas Adams thirtycountingthree Marvin was humming ironically because he hated humans so much. Douglas Adams humminghatedhumans Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever. Douglas Adams obligationuniversesaid The only person for whom the house was in any way special was Arthur Dent, and that was only because it happened to be the one he lived in. Douglas Adams specialhouseway He didn't know why he had become president of the galaxy, except that it seemed a fun thing to be. Douglas Adams galaxypresidentfun Very deep. You should send that in to the Reader's Digest. They've got a page for people like you. Douglas Adams deep-thoughtpagespeople Please call me Eddie if it will help you to relax. Douglas Adams call-merelaxhelping
