Douglas Adams Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001

Topics

FreedomIdeasGrowing UpThinkSee

People that know me know I'm very good about doing my own thing and minding my own business.

Jillian Michaels

GoodBusinessPeopleMeDoingKnow

We can't allow multinational oil companies boasting of record profits to gouge consumers... We must do what we can to fix this problem.

Stephanie Herseth

ProblemOilFixMustConsumers

I like to do things that are shocking or challenging for the sake of comedy.

Skylar Astin

ComedyThingsLikeShockingSake

I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

Sofia Vergara

MeFearlessThings HappenGoHappen

People are beginning to doubt the moral certitude of people on the right, especially the far right.

Tom Brokaw

BeginningPeopleDoubtMoralRight

When I was a kid, I loved action, war, horror, monster movies... Anything with special effects. I was fascinated with how'd they do that.

Robert Zemeckis

WarActionLovedMoviesSpecialKid

When you try to do something ten per cent better, you tend to work from where you are: if I ask you to make a car that goes 50 miles a gallon, you can just retool the engine you already have.

Astro Teller

WorkCarBetterYouTryAsk

Failure has been the great theme of my life, I think.

Philip Schultz

LifeFailureGreatThinkMy Life

After I got my law degree and business degree, I went to work for my family, and I spent two years at Hyatt doing a training program. I was really interested in real estate - one reason was that nobody in my family was doing that. I was looking for a place where I could be successful doing something that was my own.

Penny Pritzker

WorkFamilyBusinessTrainingLaw

My daily beauty regimen is definitely always in the mornings, and at night, always washing my face with a basic cleanser. I also use a moisturizer with SPF to follow up.

Shay Mitchell

BeautyDailyNightFaceFollowUp

I saw experimental film-makers teaching in college. They did what they wanted and didn't worry about the market, but the circumstances ended up offering me other possibilities.

Todd Haynes

CollegeMeWorryPossibilitiesUp

If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you.

Lynn Good

PeopleMindLearnYouOpenKeep

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