--- title: "9 Minutes Quotes By Douglas Adams" description: "9 Minutes quotes by Douglas Adams. Plus more from Douglas Adams and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/douglas-adams-122_counting_will-you-stop-counting-snarled-zaphod-ye_342429.png" --- > [Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 'Yes,' said Ford Prefect, 'in three minutes and thirty-five seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/will-you-stop-counting-snarled-zaphod-yes-said-ford-prefect-in-three/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/douglas-adams-122_counting_will-you-stop-counting-snarled-zaphod-ye_342429.png) > [Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/rather-than-arriving-five-hours-late-and-flustered-it-would-be-better/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/915/douglas-adams-122_arriving_rather-than-arriving-five-hours-late-and_840670.png) > [Well the hours are good...' ... 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/well-the-hours-are-good-but-now-you-come-to-mention-it-most-of-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/douglas-adams-122_hours_well-the-hours-are-good-but-now-you-come_2532791.png) > [The storm had now definitely abated, and what thunder there was now grumbled over more distant hills, like a man saying 'And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-storm-had-now-definitely-abated-and-what-thunder-there-was-now/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f4/douglas-adams-122_admitting_the-storm-had-now-definitely-abated-and_1869883.png) > [Arthur felt happy. He was terribly pleased that the day was for once working out so much according to plan. Only twenty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/arthur-felt-happy-he-was-terribly-pleased-that-the-day-was-for-once/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6e/douglas-adams-122_according-to-plan_arthur-felt-happy-he-was-terribly-please_940746.png) > [So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. The Vogon stared down at him as sluggish thoughts moiled around in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-resumed-the-vogon-stared-down-at/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/douglas-adams-122_depth_so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-res_1119330.png) > [So this is it," said Arthur, "We are going to die." "Yes," said Ford, "except... no! Wait a minute!" He suddenly lunged…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/so-this-is-it-said-arthur-we-are-going-to-die-yes-said-ford-except-no/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/696/douglas-adams-122_arthur_so-this-is-it-said-arthur-we-are-going-t_2139074.png) > [R is a velocity of measure, defined as a reasonable speed of travel that is consistent with health, mental well-being, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/r-is-a-velocity-of-measure-defined-as-a-reasonable-speed-of-travel/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/douglas-adams-122_awareness_r-is-a-velocity-of-measure-defined-as-a_213337.jpg) > [He almost danced to the fridge, found the three least hairy things in it, put them on a plate and watched them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/he-almost-danced-to-the-fridge-found-the-three-least-hairy-things-in/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/douglas-adams-122_breakfast_he-almost-danced-to-the-fridge-found-the_534954.png) ## Other authors on Minutes ## 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/minutes/douglas-adams/#itemlist", "name": "9 Minutes Quotes By Douglas Adams", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Will you stop counting!' snarled Zaphod. 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Yeah,' he said, 'but now you come to mention it, most of the actual minutes are pretty lousy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Douglas Adams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-resumed-the-vogon-stared-down-at/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/douglas-adams-122_depth_so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-res_1119330.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/douglas-adams-122_depth_so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-res_1119330.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f27/douglas-adams-122_depth_so-the-hours-are-pretty-good-then-he-res_1119330.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“So the hours are pretty good then?' he resumed. 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