Douglas Adams Quotes

There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'

Douglas Adams

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SayingWorthDownSittingNothing

For the longest time, people would say to me that I didn't feel very modern, that I seemed from another time.

Jessica Chastain

TimePeopleMeFeelSayModern

One can be a vegan and eating a health-promoting, high-nutrient diet, but one can also eat a small amount of animal products while following a Nutritarian diet and still live a long, healthy life.

Joel Fuhrman

LifeLiveAnimalEatingSmallDiet

Many scammers are only using personal checks for payment because they can take the money and run.

Matthew Lesko

MoneyRunPersonalTakePayment

Golf mogul Donald Trump sports an arrangement of hair that is less a comb-over than a 'do-over, a candy-floss confection of gossamer wisps that comes off as the clumsiest cover-up since Watergate.

Steve Rushin

SportsHairGolfDonald TrumpOff

Barack Obama won a second term but no mandate. Thanks in part to his own small-bore and brutish campaign, victory guarantees the president nothing more than the headache of building consensus in a gridlocked capital on behalf of a polarized public.

Ron Fournier

VictoryBuildingNothingMoreThanks

The Cruise missiles do not frighten anyone. We are catching them like fish in a river. I mean here that over the past two days, we managed to shoot down 196 missiles before they hit their target.

Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

PastRiverFishDownTargetMean

If you've got a lot of children, I think you let the other children bring them up more and you just sort of step in and do stuff like every now and again.

Diane Cilento

ChildrenStepThinkYouNowMore

This city of East St. Louis needs a tomorrow.

Dick Durbin

TomorrowCitySt. LouisEastNeeds

Ultimately, for our family, the opportunity to spend increased time together, balanced with a return to academia, was one we could not pass up.

Chris Gibson

FamilyOpportunityTimeTogetherUp

Your insurance broker has your telephone number, but your insurance broker doesn't have your Facebook ID. I think they are very different modes of communication. Commingling them can come with risk and peril.

Brian Acton

CommunicationThinkInsuranceRisk

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

William Hague

GoodTruthDisciplineSpeakYou

There have always been card schools at football clubs and always will be.

Peter Shilton

FootballWillAlwaysBeenSchools

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