If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: meaning
Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you're innocent than to languish in a cell hoping that the police---who already think you're guilty---will find it for you.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: criminal-defense
There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: past reality logic denial impossible contrary
Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: understanding maturity
If the Universe came to an end every time there was some uncertainty about what had happened in it, it would never have got beyond the first picosecond. And many of course don't. It's like a human body, you see. A few cuts and bruises here and there don't hurt it. Not even major surgery if it's done properly. Paradoxes are just the scar tissue. Time and space heal themselves up around them and people simply remember a version of events which makes as much sense as they require it to make.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: paradoxes time-travel
The complexities of cause and effect defy analysis.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: causation
Not unnaturally, many elevators imbued with intelligence and precognition became terribly frustrated with the mindless business of going up and down, up and down, experimented briefly with the notion of going sideways, as a sort of existential protest, demanded participation in the decision-making process and finally took to squatting in basements sulking.
An impoverished hitch-hiker visiting any planets in the Sirius star system these days can pick up easy money working as a counsellor for neurotic elevators.
I teleported home last night with Ron and Sid and Meg
Ron stole Meggy's heart away and I got Sidney's leg.
Nobleness was one word for making a fuss about the trivial inevitabilities of life, but there were others.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: nobility
Rather than arriving five hours late and flustered, it would be better all around if he were to arrive five hours and a few extra minutes late, but triumphantly in command.
Douglas AdamsStichwörter: psychology
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