--- title: "5 Baths Quotes By Douglas Adams" description: "5 Baths quotes by Douglas Adams. Plus more from Douglas Adams and more Baths sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_396823.jpg" --- > [In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons-he-couldn-t-cope-with-and/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_396823.jpg) > [The Hitch Hiker's Guide has not been an opera. It has however been a tapestry, if you count a woven bath towel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-has-not-been-an-opera-it-has-however-been-a/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95b/douglas-adams-122_baths_the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-has-not-been-an_857849.png) > [In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons-he-couldn-t-cope-with-and-2/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_1073890.png) > [“She felt faintly embarrassed by the sheer profusion of things she had for putting in baths, but she was for some reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/she-felt-faintly-embarrassed-by-the-sheer-profusion-of-things-she-had/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/douglas-adams-122_bath-soap_she-felt-faintly-embarrassed-by-the-shee_2008391.png) > [“Something pink? Something with extra Vitamin B? Vitamin B12? B13? Just the number of things with different types of Vitamin B in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/something-pink-something-with-extra-vitamin-b-vitamin-b12-b13-just/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/douglas-adams-122_bath-soap_something-pink-something-with-extra-vita_2654623.jpg) ## Other authors on Baths ## More by Douglas Adams > [2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/2-000-years-ago-one-man-got-nailed-to-a-tree-for-saying-how-great-it/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/what-a-wonderfully-exciting-cough-said-the-little-man-quite-startled/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-technology-involved-in-making-anything-invisible-is-so-infinitely/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [One is never alone with a rubber duck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/one-is-never-alone-with-a-rubber-duck/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/this-must-be-thursday-i-never-could-get-the-hang-of-thursdays/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/there-are-some-oddities-in-the-perspective-with-which-we-see-the-world/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/eight-hours-west-sat-a-man-alone-on-a-beach-mourning-an-inexplicable/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-universe-the-whole-infinite-universe-the-infinite-suns-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-always-make-this-totally-artificial-distinction-between-what/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/any-man-who-can-hitch-the-length-and-breadth-of-the-galaxy-rough-it/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [ Does God know he \[exists\]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/does-god-know-he-exists-of-course-he-does-otherwise-you-could-not/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/when-we-told-our-guide-that-we-didn-t-want-to-go-to-all-the-tourist/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/but-douglas-was-a-genius-because-he-saw-the-world-differently-and/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-bits-which-did-mean-anything-were-often-so-wonderfully-buried/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/you-come-to-me-for-advice-but-you-can-t-cope-with-anything-you-don-t/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baths/douglas-adams/#itemlist", "name": "5 Baths Quotes By Douglas Adams", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts to set in about 2:55, when you know you've taken all the baths that you can usefully take that day, that however hard you stare at any given paragraph in the newspaper you will never actually read it, or use the revolutionary new pruning technique it describes, and that as you stare at the clock the hands will move relentlessly on to four o'clock, and you will enter the long dark teatime of the soul.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons-he-couldn-t-cope-with-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_396823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_396823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75c/douglas-adams-122_afternoon_in-the-end-it-was-the-sunday-afternoons_396823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness that starts…” — Douglas Adams", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Hitch Hiker's Guide has not been an opera. 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