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Thought Quotes by Douglas Adams
- Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to…
- The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
- It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very…
- "I refuse to prove that I exist" says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing." "Oh," says man, "but the Babel…
- I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I’ve thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill…
- Many words and expressions which only a matter of decades ago were considered so distastefully explicit that, were they merely to be breathed in public,…
- Yes, I think I use the term radical rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as atheist some people will say, Don't you…
- For seven and a half million years, Deep Thought computed and calculated, and in the end announced that the answer was in fact Forty-two -…
- Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means.
- First we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII — and we thought it…
- Zaphod Beeblebrox, adventurer, ex-hippie, good-timer (crook? quite possibly), manic self-publicist, terrible bad at personal relationships, often thought to be completely out to lunch.
- Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these…
- The Answer to the Great Question... Of Life, the Universe and Everything... Is... Forty-two,' said Deep Thought, with infinite majesty and calm.
- But the reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If…
- Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people…
- Arthur shook his head and sat down. He looked up. “I thought you must be dead …†he said simply. “So did I for a…
- Ford looked at him severely. And no sneaky knocking down Mr Dent's house whilst he's away, alright?" he said. The mere thought," growled Mr Prosser,…
- Just supposing," he said, "just supposing" --he didn't know what was coming next, so he thought he'd just sit back and listen--"that there was some…
- Oh dear,' says God, 'I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
- I watched the gorilla's eyes again, wise and knowing eyes, and wondered about this business of trying to teach apes language. Our language. Why? There…
More Thought Quotes
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
- High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
- It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason… — Aristotle
- Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not. — Richard Armour