1,082 Quotes by Douglas Adams

You cannot see what I see because you see what you see. You cannot know what I know becasue you know what you know. What I see and what I know cannot be added to what you see and what you know because they are not of the same kind. Neither can it replace what you see and what you know, because that would be to replace you yourself.

Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.

I have the instinctive reaction of a Western man when confronted with sublimely incomprehensible. I grab my camera and start to photograph it

That is really amazing.' he said. 'That really is truly amazing. That is so amazingly amazing I think I'd like to steal it.

Arthur lay in startled stillness on the acceleration couch. He wasn't certain whether he had just got space-sickness or religion.

I wonder who this ship belongs to anyway," said Arthur. "Me," said Zaphod. "No. Who it really belongs to." "Really me," insisted Zaphod. "Look, property is theft, right? Therefore theft is property. Therefore this ship is mine, okay?

Dizem em todos os níveis da indústria do entretenimento que o público americano não gosta ou não entende o humor inglês. Dizem isso em todos os níveis exceto no nível do público, que, pelo que eu vejo, adora. É a opinião dos outros, das pessoas cujo trabalho é dizer de que o público gosta...A astúcia é escrever sobre pessoas. Se você escreve sobre situações que as pessoas reconhecem, então as pessoas vão reagir a elas.

What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your own mind.

Arthur! You're safe!" A voice cried."Am I?" said Arthur, rather startled. "Oh, good.