1,082 Quotes by Douglas Adams

Not a lot," he said, and suddenly flashed one of those grins of his which always made people think he's been overdoing things recently and should try and get some rest.

The fact that all of this was happening in virtual space made no difference. Being virtually killed by virtual laser in virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.

The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.

It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.

The old me knew. The old me cared. Fine, so far so good. Except that the old me cared so much that he actually got inside his own brain--my own brain--and locked off the bits that knew and cared, because if I knew and cared I wouldn't be able to do it.

I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies.

The last thing he wanted after a hellish night like this one was some blasted day coming along and barging about the place.

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.

They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters.