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Biography: Douglas Adams is best known for writing "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the... more Biography: Douglas Adams is best known for writing "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." This satirical science fiction series began as a radio program in 1978 and expanded into novels, a TV series, and a film. Adams' wit and creativity also extended to works like "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency." less

"A common mistake is assuming that civilization will consistently advance in productive ways without considering the role of human nature and unpredictability in influencing progress."

Tags: Human nature, Productivity, Progress, Influence, Mistakes

"It is known that despite seeing indications that reality is where we exist, it is also clear that not everything here makes sense in a linear fashion with perfect logic."

Tags: Philosophy, Perception, Understanding, Existence, Reality

"Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose."

Tags: Humor, Critical thinking, Paradox, Irony, Skepticism

"The Electric Monk was a labor-saving device, like a dishwasher."

Tags: Humor, Technology, Satire, Science fiction, Douglas adams

"There is another theory which states that this has already happened."

Tags: Philosophy, Science fiction, Determinism, Time travel, Predestination

"I'd far rather be happy than right any day. And are you? No. That's where it all falls down of course."

Tags: Personal growth, Self-awareness, Happiness, Inner peace, Life philosophy

"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."

Tags: Philosophy, Perspective, Humor, Nature, Humility

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."

Tags: Philosophy, Hope, Existentialism, Paradox, Irony

"The history of every major galactic civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of survival, inquiry, and sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases."

Tags: Survival, Inquiry, Science fiction, Douglas adams, Space exploration

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by."

Tags: Creativity, Humor, Inspirational, Time management, Writing

"In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Philosophy, Mindfulness, Optimism

"The creation of a single world comes from a huge number of fragments and chaos."

Tags: Unity, Complexity, Creation, Chaos, Order

"The story so far In the beginning, the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

Tags: Humor, Literature, Existentialism, Universe, Satire

"One of the most interesting and harmful delusions to which men and nations can be subjected is that of imagining that there is some sort of ground rule applied to the universe by which final triumph if you are strong enough, and the ultimate success of virtue if you are good enough, is inevitable."

Tags: Philosophy, Success, Human nature, Strength, Virtue

"He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it."

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Identity, Introspection, Existentialism