Quotes from Douglas Adams

in most cases, however, the terror was extremely short-lived, as was the person experiencing the terror.

Infinity minus one," chattered the computer. "Improbability sum now complete.

If I ever meet myself," said Zaphod, "I'll hit myself so hard I won't know what's hit me." Marvin

Yes. I much prefer it here. So much less reputable, so much more fraught.

una volta che sai cos'è la cosa che vuoi che sia vera, l'istinto è un mezzo molto utile per metterti nelle condizioni di sapere che è vera

It was for the sake of this day that he had first decided to run for the presidency, a decision that had sent shock waves of astonishment throughout the Imperial Galaxy. Zaphod Beeblebrox? President? Not the Zaphod Beeblebrox? Not the President? Many had seen it as clinching proof that the whole of known creation had finally gone bananas.

History was gathering itself to deliver another blow

It's translating for you. It's a Babel fish. Look it up in the book if you like.

If he was asked at this moment where he would like to be he would probably have said he would like to be lying on the beach with at least fifty beautiful women and a small team of experts working out new ways they could be nice to him, which was his usual reply. To this he would probably have added something passionate on the subject of food.

Well, I wouldn't overstress that angle, you know,' he said finally, 'one's never alone with a rubber duck.

of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To

Todo lo que ocurre, ocurre. Todo lo que al ocurrir, origina otra cosa, hace que ocurra otra cosa más. Todo lo que al ocurrir, vuelve a originarse, ocurre de nuevo. Aunque todo ello no ocurre necesariamente en orden cronológico.

Will you please leave whelks out of it?

they were each grateful to retire to separate cabins and try to rationalize their thoughts.

This was perfectly true, and a very respectable view widely held by right-thinking people, who are largely recognizable as being right-thinking people by the mere fact that they hold this view.

Rome wasn't burned in a day.

went back on to the bridge to watch over the tiny flashing lights and figures that charted the ship's progress through the void.

He had no idea what he was in for, but he knew that he hadn't liked anything that had happened so far and didn't think things were likely to change.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is, as has been remarked before often and accurately, a pretty startling kind of a thing.

Sabiendo que estaban reunidos [...] por una curiosa perversión de la física, como si las relaciones entre la gente estuvieran sujetas a las mismas leyes que regían la relación entre átomos y moléculas.

The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy also mentions alcohol. It says that the best drink in existence is the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. It says that the effect of a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. The Guide also tells you on which planets the best Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters are mixed, how much you can expect to pay for one and what voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterwards.

Bay L. Prosser, söylenenlere bak?l?rsa s?radan bir insand?. Bir baÅŸka deyiÅŸle, maymundan gelme, karbon temelli ve iki ayakl? bir yaÅŸam biçimiydi.

What are you, crazy?' 'It's a possibility I haven't ruled out yet,' said Zaphod quietly. 'I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.

The 'guide' is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.