--- title: "8 Guides Quotes By Douglas Adams" description: "8 Guides quotes by Douglas Adams. Plus more from Douglas Adams and more Guides sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/douglas-adams-122_bunch_the-encyclopedia-galactica-defines-a-rob_212163.jpg" --- > [The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-encyclopedia-galactica-defines-a-robot-as-a-mechanical-apparatus/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/douglas-adams-122_bunch_the-encyclopedia-galactica-defines-a-rob_212163.jpg) > [The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-also-mentions-alcohol-it-says/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a9/douglas-adams-122_alcohol_the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-al_420877.jpg) > [In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship—he merely left his office late one morning, and has never returned since. Though well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/in-fact-lig-never-formally-resigned-his-editorship-he-merely-left-his/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/259/douglas-adams-122_acting_in-fact-lig-never-formally-resigned-his_459661.png) > [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 many of the more relaxed civilizations on the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy, the Hitch-Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/in-many-of-the-more-relaxed-civilizations-on-the-outer-eastern-rim-of/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3eb/douglas-adams-122_cheaper_in-many-of-the-more-relaxed-civilization_1076214.jpg) > [The story goes that I first had the idea for The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy while lying drunk in a field…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-story-goes-that-i-first-had-the-idea-for-the-hitchiker-s-guide-to/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/douglas-adams-122_alcohol_the-story-goes-that-i-first-had-the-idea_1474150.png) > [The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy offers this definition of the word "Infinite". Infinite: Bigger than the biggest thing ever and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-offers-this-definition-of-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdb/douglas-adams-122_big-time_the-hitch-hiker-s-guide-to-the-galaxy-of_1787962.jpg) > [The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-guide-says-there-is-an-art-to-flying-said-ford-or-rather-a-knack/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fd/douglas-adams-122_art_the-guide-says-there-is-an-art-to-flying_1978758.png) ## Other authors on Guides ## 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/guides/douglas-adams/#itemlist", "name": "8 Guides Quotes By Douglas Adams", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Encyclopedia Galactica defines a robot as a mechanical apparatus designed to do the work of a man. The marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation defines a robot as \"Your Plastic Pal Who's Fun to Be With. 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