“It comes from a very ancient democracy, you see..." "You mean, it comes from a world of lizards?" "No," said Ford, who by this time was a little more rational and coherent than he had been, having finally had the coffee forced down him, "nothing so simple. Nothing anything like so straightforward. On its world, the people are people. The… — Douglas Adams Copy Share
Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“the people are people. The leaders are lizards. The people hate the lizards and the lizards rule the people.” “Odd,” said Arthur,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“Odd,” said Arthur, “I thought you said it was a democracy.” “I did,” said Ford. “It is.” “So,” said Arthur, hoping he… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“The major problem— one of the major problems, for there are several—one of the many major problems with governing people is that… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. — 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 Image
“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 Image