Quotes About Perspective

What's a whelk got to do with a supernova?' said Arthur. 'It doesn't,' said Ford levelly

Science has achieved some wonderful things, of course, but I'd far rather be happy than right any day." "And are you?" "No. That's where it all falls down, of course.

The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

First we have to call it something which says it's our, not yours, then we set about finding some way of proving it's not what you said it is, but something we say it is.

It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without proper training.

Bu gezegenin ÅŸöyle bir sorunu var - eskiden vard?: Üzerinde yaÅŸayan halk?n büyük bölümü çoÄŸu zaman mutsuzdu. Bu sorun için pek çok çözüm önerilmiÅŸti, ama bunlar?n çoÄŸu genellikle yeÅŸil renkli ka??t parçalar?n?n hareketleriyle ilgiliydi. Bu da tuhaft?, çünkü asl?nda mutsuz olanlar yeÅŸil renkli küçük ka??t parçalar? deÄŸildi.

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 York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.

nothing but a gnab gib.

said Ford, "you've got three pints to get through." "Three pints?" said Arthur. "At lunchtime?" The man next to Ford grinned and nodded happily. Ford ignored him.

What's so unpleasant about being drunk?' 'You ask a glass of water.

the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.

is an important and popular fact that things are not always what they seem. 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 York, wars and so on – whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man – for precisely the same reasons.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too? All

Calitatea oric?rui sfat pe care îl are oricine de oferit trebuie s? fie evaluat? raportat la calitatea vieÈ›ii pe care acela chiar o duce.

It is folly to say you know what is happening to other people. Only they know, if they exist. They have their own Universes of their eyes and ears.

I said I ordered us some foie gras." "Oh," said Arthur, vaguely. "Um, I always feel a bit bad about foie gras. Bit cruel to the geese, isn't it?" "Fuck 'em," said Ford, slumping on the bed. "You can't care about every damn thing.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't. And

had come to suspect that the main reason he had had such a wild and successful life was that he never really understood the significance of anything he did.

McDonald's, he thought. There is no longer any such thing as a McDonald's hamburger. He passed out.

Herhangi bir ÅŸekilde gördüÄŸün, yaÅŸad???n veya duyduÄŸun bir ÅŸey sana özeldir. Kendi alg?lay?? ÅŸeklinle kendine bir Evren yarat?rs?n. Bu nedenle Evrende alg?lad???n her ÅŸey sana özeldir.

Well,' said Halfrunt brightly, 'Zaphod's just this guy, you know?

Evren neyse oydu, kabul eder ya da onu terk edip giderdiniz.

Surely the notion that great lumps of rock whirling in space knew something about your day that you didn't must take a bit of a knock from the fact that there was suddenly a new lump of rock out there that nobody had known about before.

They were not the same eyes with which he had last looked out at this particular scene, and the brain which interpreted the images the eyes resolved was not the same brain. There had been no surgery involved, just the continual wrenching of experience.