Douglas Adams Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DriveFindingBodyPriceYour Body

Porsche is a driver's car - a performance car. That was funny - here's this awesome car, but it's got no cup holders.

Jason McCoy

FunnyCarPerformanceAwesomeHere

I look back and see the kids who made it through school - it made a huge difference in their lives, which made me believe in the power of public education and what it can do for individuals and communities and the state.

Denise Juneau

EducationPowerSchoolMeBelieve

The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.

Chief Joseph

MotherEqualityPeopleEarthEqual

The machines, the modern mode of production, slowly undermined domestic production and not just for thousands but for millions of women the question arose: Where do we now find our livelihood?

Clara Zetkin

WomenFindNowQuestionProduction

I felt like a misfit at school, and I think that's quite common.

Clare Balding

SchoolThinkCommonLikeI Think

My father taught me Basic and rudimentary C, I learned everything else on my own, including studying computational complexity on my own. That's more a function of my age than anything else though - back when I was in school there were hardly any programming classes.

Bram Cohen

FatherAgeSchoolMeBackMy Own

I think my most famous was 'Poco's Legend.' It's a white album with a simple line drawing of a horse. It almost has a Picasso feel to it. I remember that Rusty Young, the lead singer of the band, said, 'I want you to draw a horse for the song 'Legend,' which is about a phantom spirit horse. I want you to do it in several lines.'

Phil Hartman

SimpleSongThinkLegendDrawing

I like guts in my leaders.

Sean Hannity

LeadersGutsLike

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.

Seinabo Sey

AloneMeProblemsKnowWantOthers

When I get in that cage and fight, that's not me. It's somebody else. It's like a light switch that turns on.

Tito Ortiz

LightFightMeCageGetSwitch

When you're winning, your confidence is through the roof, but when you're losing, that self-doubt is like, 'Am I doing the right thing?'

Tito Ortiz

ConfidenceLosingWinningDoingYou

The problem is neutrality ends in poverty, neutrality ends in choices that hurt people's lives. This administration is deliberately telling organizations that are there to help young girls make good choices, not to tell them what the good choice is. That is absolutely unconscionable.

Rick Santorum

GoodPeopleChoicesHurtHelpYoung

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