Douglas Adams Quotes

578 quotes · Writer, Humorist

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Douglas Adams Quotes

All Funny Philosophical Spiritual Sad Wise 578 quotes · page 26 of 49

Writer, Humorist

“SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.”

Feelings Sitting Uncomfortable Feeling

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Writer, Humorist

“Siamese Cats have a way of staring at you. Those who have walked in on the Queen cleaning her teeth will know the expression.”

Expression Cat Queens

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Philosophical

“Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously.”

Periods Time Travel

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Funny

“and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.”

Couple Week

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Writer, Humorist

“He had got himself a life. Now he had to find a purpose in it.”

Purpose

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Funny

“Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.”

Art Balance

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Funny

“Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?”

Water Sticks

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Writer, Humorist

“Was there a reason behind it? There would be no point in asking Zaphod, he never appeared to have a reason for anything he did at all: he had turned unfathomability into an art form. He attacked everything in life with a mixture of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence and it was often difficult to tell which was which.”

Art Would Be Genius

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Funny

“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.”

People Attitude Black

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Funny

“I begged her, 'Please don't leave me stranded in the middle of some primitive zarking forest with no medical help and a head injury. I could be in serious trouble and so could she.'" "What did she say?" "She hit me on the head with the rock again," Ford responded curtly. "I think i can confirm that was my daughter." "Sweet kid." "You have to get to know her," said Arthur. "She eases up, does she?" "No, but you get a better sense of when to duck.”

Kids Sweet Daughter

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Funny

“I find that writing is a constant battle with exactly the same problems you've always had.”

Writing Problem Battle

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Philosophical

“All you really need to know for the moment is that the universe is a lot more complicated than you might think, even if you start from a position of thinking it's pretty damn complicated in the first place.”

Thinking Needs Positive

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