The usual method of finding a little dongly thing that actually matches a gizmo I want to use is to go and buy another one, at a price that can physically drive the air from your body. Douglas Adams airbodybuy Change image and share on social
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams commoncompletecompletely Change image and share on social
I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas... cultures... and systems of thought, we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word 'freedom' means than I see much evidence of in America. Douglas Adams americaawfulclaim share on social
I have rooms full of little dongly things and don't want any more. Half the little dongly things I've got, I don't even know what gizmo they're for. More importantly, half the gizmos I've got, I don't know where their little dongly thing is. Douglas Adams donglyfullgizmo share on social
Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams bookdinosaurlong share on social
Hundreds of people who've never written before send in 'Dr. Who' scripts. They may have good ideas, but what they fail to realise is that writing for TV is incredibly complicated. They have no idea how difficult it is and what the financial commitment is. Douglas Adams commitmentcomplicatedifficult share on social
The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. Douglas Adams impossibleimprobableintegrity Change image and share on social
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams endseldomwant Change image and share on social
If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. Douglas Adams cathandnonworking Change image and share on social
Most of the time spent wrestling with technologies that don't quite work yet is just not worth the effort for end users, however much fun it is for nerds like us. Douglas Adams effortendfun Change image and share on social
