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 wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken. Douglas Adams cleesefactjob Change image and share on social
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams accountallowcapable share on social
To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. Douglas Adams americanbalanceclaim share on social
Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive. Douglas Adams bookdropfind share on social
I think that the digital media are interesting enough in their own right to be worth originating something in. Douglas Adams digitalinterestmedium Change image and share on social
Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do. Douglas Adams brainevolvelarge Change image and share on social
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
I used to be a great fan of doing crosswords. When you're fiddling around with anagrams, you get wonderful jumbles of syllables that become interesting. Douglas Adams anagramcrosswordfan Change image and share on social
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. Douglas Adams continuehappenmoment Change image and share on social
