1,082 Quotes by Douglas Adams

There is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.

Trying to predict the future is a mug’s game. But increasingly it’s a game we all have to play because the world is changing so fast and we need to have some sort of idea of what the future’s actually going to be like because we are going to have to live there, probably next week.

We didn’t need a special word for interactivity in the same way that we don’t (yet) need a special word for people with only one head.

The summer sun was sinking through the trees in the [ark, looking as if -lets not mince words. Hyde Park is stunning. Everything about it is stunning except for the rubbish on Monday mornings. Even the ducks are stunning. Anyone who can go through Hyde Park on a summer's evening and not feel moved by it is probably going through in an ambulance with the sheet pulled over his face.

the actual building was old and dilapidated and remained standing more out of habit than from any inherent structural integrity

Our favourite item was the balcony that overlooked the sea because it had an awning that you lowered by pressing an electric switch. The switch had two settings. You could either turn it to AUTO, in which case the awning lowered itself whenever the sun came out, or you could set it to MANUEL [sic], in which case, we assumed, a small, incompetent Spanish waiter came and did it for you.

Rehberde deniyor ki uçmak bir sanatmış." dedi Ford, "ya da daha çok bir marifet. Aslında bütün marifet kendini yere doğru fırlatıp yeri ıskalamakta yatıyor.

¿Cómo puedo saber que el pasado no es una ficción inventada para explicar la discrepancia entre mis sensaciones físicas inmediatas y mi estado de ánimo?

..çünkü ben bir ölüyüm, ki böyle olmak insana mükemmel ve hiçbir şeyle engellenınemiş bir bakış açısı sağlıyor. Bizim oralarda 'hayat yaşayanların elinde ziyan olur' diye bir söz vardır.