Дуглас Ноэль Адамс знаменитые цитаты
„Неужели недостаточно, что сад очарователен; неужели нужно шарить по его задворкам в поисках фей?“
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
Источник: Ричард Докинз, «Бог как иллюзия» (2006) // пер. с англ. Н. Смелковой. — М: КоЛибри (Иностранка), 2008. — эпиграф книги
Дуглас Ноэль Адамс Цитаты о жизни
имеет ту же самую форму, что и сама лужа.
To illustrate the vain conceit that the universe must be somehow preordained for us, because we are so well suited to live in it, he mimed a wonderfully funny imitation of a puddle of water, fitting itself snugly into a depression in the ground, the depression uncannily being exactly the same shape as the puddle.
Ричард Докинз
Источник: The Guardian, May 14, 2001.
Источник: Р. Докинз. Эпилог // Лосось сомнений. — С. 373.
Дуглас Ноэль Адамс цитаты
число
Источник: Детективное агентство Дирка Джентли (сборник)
Дуглас Ноэль Адамс: Цитаты на английском языке
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Контексте: It's important to remember that the relationship between different media tends to be complementary. When new media arrive they don't necessarily replace or eradicate previous types. Though we should perhaps observe a half second silence for the eight-track. — There that's done. What usually happens is that older media have to shuffle about a bit to make space for the new one and its particular advantages. Radio did not kill books and television did not kill radio or movies — what television did kill was cinema newsreel. TV does it much better because it can deliver it instantly. Who wants last week's news?
“Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody.”
Источник: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 6
Контексте: Dirk was unused to making such a minuscule impact on anybody. He checked to be sure that he did have his huge leather coat and his absurd red hat on and that he was properly and dramatically silhouetted by the light of the doorway.
He felt momentarily deflated and said, "Er..." by way of self-introduction, but it didn't get the boy's attention. He didn't like this. The kid was deliberately and maliciously watching television at him.
“I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!)”
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Контексте: I am fascinated by religion. (That's a completely different thing from believing in it!) It has had such an incalculably huge effect on human affairs. What is it? What does it represent? Why have we invented it? How does it keep going? What will become of it? I love to keep poking and prodding at it. I've thought about it so much over the years that that fascination is bound to spill over into my writing.
“Generally, old media don't die.”
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Future (2001)
Контексте: Generally, old media don't die. They just have to grow old gracefully. Guess what, we still have stone masons. They haven't been the primary purveyors of the written word for a while now of course, but they still have a role because you wouldn't want a TV screen on your headstone.
“This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life”
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
Контексте: This was the evening of the last day of Gordon Way's life … The weather forecast hadn't mentioned that, of course, that wasn't the job of the weather forecast, but then his horoscope had been pretty misleading as well. It had mentioned an unusual amount of planetary activity in his sign and had urged him to differentiate between what he thought he wanted and what he actually needed, and suggested that he should tackle emotional or work problems with determination and complete honesty, but had inexplicably failed to mention that he would be dead before the day was out.
“What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"Ask a glass of water!”
Вариант: It's unpleasantly like being drunk."
"What's so unpleasant about being drunk?"
"You ask a glass of water.
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.”
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Источник: The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 4
“and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks.”
Источник: Life, the Universe and Everything
Вариант: You see, the quality of any advice anybody has to offer has to be judged against the quality of life they actually lead.
Источник: The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide: Five Complete Novels and One Story
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“What I need… is a strong drink and a peer group.”
Источник: Life, the Universe and Everything
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!”
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
“There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.”
Источник: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Источник: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
Источник: Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
Источник: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Источник: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy