Douglas Adams Quote
What's the problem Earthman? said Zaphod, now transferring his attention to the animal's enormous rump.I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing here inviting me to, said Arthur, it's heartless.Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten, said Zaphod.That's not the point, Arthur protested. Then he thought about it for a moment. Alright, he said, maybe it is the point. I don't care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just ... er ...The Universe raged about him in its death throes.I think I'll just have a green salad, he muttered.May I urge you to consider my liver? asked the animal, it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.A green salad, said Arthur emphatically.A green salad? said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur.Are you going to tell me, said Arthur, that I shouldn't have green salad?Well, said the animal, I know many vegetables that are very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually decided to cut through the whole tangled problem and breed an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.It managed a very slight bow.Glass of water please, said Arthur.
What's the problem Earthman? said Zaphod, now transferring his attention to the animal's enormous rump.I just don't want to eat an animal that's standing here inviting me to, said Arthur, it's heartless.Better than eating an animal that doesn't want to be eaten, said Zaphod.That's not the point, Arthur protested. Then he thought about it for a moment. Alright, he said, maybe it is the point. I don't care, I'm not going to think about it now. I'll just ... er ...The Universe raged about him in its death throes.I think I'll just have a green salad, he muttered.May I urge you to consider my liver? asked the animal, it must be very rich and tender by now, I've been force-feeding myself for months.A green salad, said Arthur emphatically.A green salad? said the animal, rolling his eyes disapprovingly at Arthur.Are you going to tell me, said Arthur, that I shouldn't have green salad?Well, said the animal, I know many vegetables that are very clear on that point. Which is why it was eventually decided to cut through the whole tangled problem and breed an animal that actually wanted to be eaten and was capable of saying so clearly and distinctly. And here I am.It managed a very slight bow.Glass of water please, said Arthur.
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Adams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), The Deeper Meaning of Liff (1990) and Last Chance to See (1990). He wrote two stories for the television series Doctor Who, co-wrote City of Death (1979), and served as script editor for its seventeenth season. He co-wrote the sketch "Patient Abuse" for the final episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus. A posthumous collection of his selected works, including the first publication of his final (unfinished) novel, was published as The Salmon of Doubt in 2002.
Adams was a self-proclaimed "radical atheist", an advocate for environmentalism and conservation, and a lover of fast cars, technological innovation, and the Apple Macintosh.