Douglas Adams Quotes
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
Douglas Adams, 1952-2001 Author, Last Chance to See
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Even in free America, Allen had a very difficult time getting this work printed because it was so controversial culturally. He argued that existing religions contribute to superstitious fears of the population.
He was known as “The Christian Cicero” because of his rhetoric. He contributed little original Christian thought but communicated it more so than anyone had done before. Interestingly, the early church fathers did not see the concept of a round earth as heretical—just absurd. When the idea began to be seen as potentially serious heresy would be almost 1000 years later.
His observation was particularly made about Party Politics in an era of ideological party identity. If a Democrat were presented with evidence that lowering corporate taxes would increase the tax yield, it would be hard for him to accept this change of mind because if he did change, his party colleagues would accuse him of abandoning the basic principles of the party,
The last sentence is the most frequent part of this quote. It is frequency prefaced with “Too often…” which is not part of the original quote.
Adams is best known as the author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams's contribution to UK radio is commemorated in The Radio Academy's Hall of Fame. Adams was known as an advocate for environmentalism and conservation, as a lover of fast cars, cameras, technological innovation and the Apple Macintosh, and as a "devout atheist".
