Myslet-Jinak

“Gordon Way's astonishment at being suddenly shot dead was nothing compared to his astonishment at what happened next.”

Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

“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.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working.”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

“The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists…”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

“The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“Beppu (n.)

The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.”

Douglas Adams kniha The Meaning of Liff

“It seemed to me,' said Wonko the Sane, 'that any civilization that had so far lost its head as to need to include a set of detailed instructions for use in a package of toothpicks, was no longer a civilization in which I could live and stay sane.”

Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“We are not an endangered species ourselves yet, but this is not for lack of trying.”

Douglas Adams kniha Last Chance to See

“What does it matter? Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day.”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

“He learned to communicate with birds and discovered their conversation was fantastically boring. It was all to do with windspeed, wingspans, power-to-weight ratios and a fair bit about berries.”

Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“Grown men, he told himself, in flat contradiction of centuries of accumulated evidence about the way grown men behave, do not behave like this.”

Douglas Adams kniha So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“The waiter approached.
'Would you like to see the menu?' he said. 'Or would you like to meet the Dish of the Day?'
'Huh?' said Ford.
'Huh?' said Arthur.
'Huh?' said Trillian.
'That’s cool,' said Zaphod. 'We'll meet the meat.”

Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“In an infinite Universe anything can happen.”

Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

“… they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying.”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

“If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?”

Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency