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Planets Quotes by Douglas Adams
- For millions of years, on average, one species became extinct every century.... We are now heaving more than a thousand different species of animals and…
- The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. The problem…
- The system of life on this planet is so astoundingly complex that it was a long time before man even realized that it was a…
- For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New…
- The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear…
- It is known that there are an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in.…
- It is most gratifying," it said, "that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated, and so we would like to assure you that the guided…
- Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting…
- This planet has - or rather had - a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much…
- Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented…
- Come on,†he droned, “I’ve been ordered to take you down to the bridge. Here I am, brain the size of a planet and they…
- There was one planet off in the seventh dimension that got used as a ball in a game of intergalactic bar billiards. Got potted straight…
- This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much…
- In fact there was only one species on the planet more intelligent than dolphins, and they spent a lot of their time in behavioural research…
More Planets Quotes
- It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one… — Neil Armstrong
- The important achievement of Apollo was demonstrating that humanity is not forever chained to this planet and our visions go rather further… — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
- We keep putting on programmes about famine in Ethiopia; that's what's happening. Too many people there. They can't support themselves - and… — David Attenborough
- We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're… — Margaret Atwood
- The threat to the planet is us. It's actually not a threat to the planet - it's a threat to us. — Margaret Atwood
- Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that. — Margaret Atwood