The simple truth is that interstellar distances will not fit into the human imagination. Douglas Adams More Quotes by Douglas Adams More Quotes From Douglas Adams Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it. Douglas Adams enough should want The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. Douglas Adams hilarious laughter funny So, the world is fine. We don’t have to save the world—the world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about, is whether or not the world we live in, will be capable of sustaining us in it. That’s what we need to think about. Douglas Adams looks needs thinking Just believe everything I tell you, and it will all be very, very simple.' Ah, well, I'm not sure I believe that. Douglas Adams not-sure simple believe Well, I mean, yes idealism, yes the dignity of pure research, yes the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I'm afraid where you begin to suspect that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. And if it comes to a choice between spending yet another ten million years finding that out, and on the other hand just taking the money and running, then I for one could do with the exercise. Douglas Adams exercise running mean Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams responsibility jobs funny If we see you smoking we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action. Douglas Adams cigarette-smoke fire smoking I wanted to be John Cleese. It took me some time to realise that the job was taken. Douglas Adams taken wanted jobs The world is a thing of utter inordinate complexity and richness and strangeness that is absolutely awesome. I mean the idea that such complexity can arise not only out of such simplicity, but probably absolutely out of nothing, is the most fabulous extraordinary idea. And once you get some kind of inkling of how that might have happened ' it's just wonderful. And . . . the opportunity to spend 70 or 80 years of your life in such a universe is time well spent as far as I am concerned. Douglas Adams opportunity mean years It startled him even more when just after he was awarded the Galactic Institute's Prize for Extreme Cleverness he got lynched by a rampaging mob of respectable physicists who had finally realized that the one thing they really couldn't stand was a smart-ass. Douglas Adams lynching smart science We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. Douglas Adams fjords psychology winning The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question 'How can we eat?' the second by the question 'Why do we eat?' and the third by the question 'Where shall we have lunch? Douglas Adams lunch survival civilization I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons. Douglas Adams funny-life money years Joo Janta 200 Super-Chromatic Peril Sensitive Sunglasses have been specially designed to help people develop a relaxed attitude to danger. At the first hint of trouble, they turn totally black and thus prevent you from seeing anything that might alarm you. Douglas Adams black attitude people My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. Douglas Adams sloth tree fall Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal. Douglas Adams cereal eye trying It all sounds rather naive and sentimental to be talking about children laughing and dancing and singing together when we all know perfectly well that what children do in real life is snarl and take drugs. Douglas Adams real talking children What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day. Douglas Adams matter doe wonderful A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about. Douglas Adams technology typewriters moving The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate. Douglas Adams guides statistics reality
