The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
For millions of years, on average, one species became extinct every century… We are now heaving more than a thousand different species… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
There was one planet off in the seventh dimension that got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards.… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Come on,” he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“A história de todas as grandes civilizações galácticas tende a passar por três fases distintas e identificáveis: a da Sobrevivência, a da… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It is most gratifying," it said, "that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated, and so we would like to assure you… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“POPULATION: None. It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
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… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
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… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Does God know he [exists]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“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… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.” — Douglas Adams Copy Share
“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
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… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
