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Douglas Noël Adams (11. března 1952 Cambridge – 11. května 2001) byl anglický spisovatel, dramatik humoristických rozhlasových pořadů a hudebník, který proslul knižní sérií Stopařův průvodce Galaxií.

✵ 11. březen 1952 – 11. květen 2001   •   Další jména Дуглас Адамс
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Douglas Adams nejznámější citáty

Douglas Adams: Citáty o životě

„My nemusíme zachraňovat svět. Svět je dost velký na to, aby se o sebe postaral sám. Co nás musí zajímat, je, jestli si nás tu svět, ve kterém žijeme, bude nebo nebude schopen udržet.“

květen 2001
Originál: (en) We don't have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it.
Zdroj: Přednáška na University of California. [cit. 2013-09-07]. Dostupné online. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZG8HBuDjgc Čas 1:16:39–1:16:55

Douglas Adams: Citáty o lidech

Douglas Adams citáty a výroky

„Představa, že se Bill Gates zjevil jako rytíř v zářivém brnění, aby vytáhl všechny zákazníky z bryndy technologického chaosu, šikovně přehlíží skutečnost, že to byl právě on, kdo je do ní prodejem druhořadé technologie přivedl, a pokračuje v tom i dnes.“

1995; při příležitosti vydání Windows 95
Originál: (en) The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second rate technology, led them into it in the first place, and continues to do so today.
Zdroj: [Mooney, Paul, Biting back at Microsoft, The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2001/jun/05/guardianletters3, 2013-09-07, 2001-06-05]

Douglas Adams: Citáty anglicky

“Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Kontext: It's important to remember that the relationship between different media tends to be complementary. When new media arrive they don't necessarily replace or eradicate previous types. Though we should perhaps observe a half second silence for the eight-track. — There that's done. What usually happens is that older media have to shuffle about a bit to make space for the new one and its particular advantages. Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?

“Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody.”

Douglas Adams The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Zdroj: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 6
Kontext: Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody. He checked to be sure that he did have his huge leather coat and his absurd red hat on and that he was properly and dramatically silhouetted by the light of the doorway.
He felt momentarily deflated and said, "Er..." by way of self-introduction, but it didn't get the boy's attention. He didn't like this. The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him.

“I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!)”

Douglas Adams kniha The Salmon of Doubt

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Kontext: I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!) It has had such an incalculably huge effect on human affairs. What is it? What does it represent? Why have we invented it? How does it keep going? What will become of it? I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I've thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing.

“Generally, old media don't die.”

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Kontext: Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.

“This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life”

Douglas Adams kniha Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Kontext: This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life … The weather forecast hadn't mentioned that, of course, that wasn't the job of the weather forecast, but then his horoscope had been pretty misleading as well. It had mentioned an unusual amount of planetary activity in his sign and had urged him to differentiate between what he thought he wanted and what he actually needed, and suggested that he should tackle emotional or work problems with determination and complete honesty, but had inexplicably failed to mention that he would be dead before the day was out.

“What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water!”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

Varianta: It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.
Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Zdroj: Life, the Universe and Everything

“The quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.”

Varianta: You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.
Zdroj: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story

“What I need… is a strong drink and a peer group.”

Douglas Adams Life, the Universe and Everything

Zdroj: Life, the Universe and Everything

“Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!”

Douglas Adams Stopařův průvodce po Galaxii

Zdroj: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

“There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.”

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

Zdroj: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

“How can I tell," said the man, "that the past isn't a fiction designed to account for the discrepancy between my immediate physical sensations and my state of mind?”

Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Zdroj: Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)

“It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their own eyes and ears.”

Douglas Adams kniha The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Zdroj: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

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