Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

— Douglas Adams

“Freedom," he said out loud... "I can't cope with it"..”

— Douglas Adams

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

— Douglas Adams

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

— Douglas Adams

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed. I can't keep pretending.

— Douglas Adams

If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.

— Douglas Adams

“The man who invented the Total Perspective Vortex did so basically in order to annoy his wife. Trin”

— Douglas Adams

Democracy is all about not electing the wrong man-eating lizard.

— Douglas Adams

As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always…

— Douglas Adams

Arthur Dent: What happens if I press this button? Ford Prefect: I wouldn't- Arthur Dent: Oh. Ford Prefect: What happened? Arthur Dent:…

— Douglas Adams

If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch…

— Douglas Adams

Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our…

— Douglas Adams

“Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both…

— Douglas Adams

I don’t know what I’m looking for.” “What not?” “Because … because … I think it might be because if I knew…

— Douglas Adams

And so the problem remained; lots of people were mean, and most were miserable, even the ones with digital watches.

— Douglas Adams

“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the…

— Douglas Adams

“If he was asked at this moment where he would like to be he would probably have said he would like to…

— Douglas Adams

Yes. They are the words that finally turned me into the hermit I have now become. It was quite sudden. I saw…

— Douglas Adams

“There would be no point in asking Zaphod, he never appeared to have a reason for anything he did at all: he…

— Douglas Adams

“Indeed, Bill, it is. You find me thriving. And Mrs Roberts? How is she? Foot still troubling her?” “Not since she had…

— Douglas Adams

“The more Susan waited, the more the doorbell didn't ring. Or the phone. She looked at her watch. She felt that now…

— Douglas Adams

“Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy What to do if you find yourself stuck with no hope of rescue, apart from Don't Panic.…

— Douglas Adams

I tend not to read or watch Science Fiction, particularly not comedy Science Fiction. The point is that if it's less good…

— Douglas Adams

“him pretending to be stupid just to get people off their guard, pretending to be stupid because he couldn’t be bothered to…

— Douglas Adams

“something almost, but not quite entirely unlike tea”

— Douglas Adams

The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making.

— Douglas Adams

“Then Frankie said: ‘Here’s a thought. How many roads must a man walk down?”

— Douglas Adams

“You'll have a national Philosopher's strike on your hands!”

— Douglas Adams

I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.

— Douglas Adams

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

— Douglas Adams

Time doesn't necessarily happen in chronological order.

— Douglas Adams

A beach house isn't just real estate. It's a state of mind.

— Douglas Adams

“If I ever meet myself,' said Zaphod, 'I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me.”

— Douglas Adams

“It was the product of a mind that was not merely twisted, but actually sprained.”

— Douglas Adams

Do you find coming to terms with the mindless tedium of it all presents an interesting challenge?

— Douglas Adams

Cyberspace is - or can be - a good, friendly and egalitarian place to meet.

— Douglas Adams

“Holy Zarquon, did I ask for an existentialist elevator?”

— Douglas Adams

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

— Douglas Adams

How do you know you're having fun if there's no one watching you have it?

— Douglas Adams

One always overcompensates for disabilities. I'm thinking of having my entire body surgically removed.

— Douglas Adams