Browsing Quotes By Douglas Adams
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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 07 Oct 2009 at 7:32 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody 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.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 16 Sep 2009 at 8:03 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
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.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 28 Oct 2008 at 11:30 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
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.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:12 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 01 Oct 2008 at 4:11 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life… is like a grapefruit. It’s orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 31 Aug 2008 at 3:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 23 Aug 2008 at 10:36 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
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.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 23 Aug 2008 at 10:35 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You live and learn. At any rate you live
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 23 Aug 2008 at 10:34 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Life… is like a grapefruit. It’s orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 23 Aug 2008 at 10:33 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 23 Aug 2008 at 10:32 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The problem with designing something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of a complete fool.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 07 Jul 2008 at 9:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Shee, you guys are so unhip it’s a wonder your bums don’t fall off.
Speaker: Douglas AdamsPosted: 07 Jul 2008 at 9:12 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!