The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn't enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.

Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

More information about this quote

Topic

Adversity

Speaker

Marvin the Paranoid Android

Author

Douglas Adams

Source

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Medium

Radio broadcast Novel

Genre

Science fiction

Statement Type

Irony

Language

English

Time

1978 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Adams, Douglas. "Fit the Fifth." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Primary Phase. BBC Radio 4, London, England, UK, 5 Apr. 1978.

Current Citation

Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, ch. 18.

Illustrated Quote

A quote by Douglas Adams about adversity: “The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million years…”
Download
A quote by Douglas Adams about adversity: “The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million years…”
Download
A quote by Douglas Adams about adversity: “The first ten million years were the worst. And the second ten million years…”
Download

Related Quotes

Below are one or more quotes that share at least one tag with the quote at the top of the page

Another quote from the 1970s

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Henry Kissinger

Read this quote at the New York Times
More information about this quote
Topic
Attraction Power

Author

Henry Kissinger
Source
The New York Times
Medium
Newspaper
Language
English
Time
1971 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Kissinger, Henry. Quoted in "Foreign Policy: Kissinger at Hub." Written by Hedrick Smith. The New York Times, 19 Jan. 1971.

Another quote about Adversity

Life always gets harder toward the summit-the cold increases, responsibility increases.

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Antichrist

Buy The Antichrist at Amazon Buy The Antichrist at Amazon
Read The Antichrist at Project Gutenberg
More information about this quote
Topic
Achieving great things Adversity

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Antichrist
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
German
Time
1895 1890s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Der Antichrist [The Antichrist]. 1895, no. 57.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. "The Anti-Christ." The Twilight of the Idols and Anti-Christ, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 1990, no. 57.

Another quote from the following genre Science fiction

You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

Morpheus

The Matrix

Watch The Matrix at Amazon Watch The Matrix at Amazon
More information about this quote
Topic
Ignorance is bliss Red pill Knowledge
Speaker
Morpheus
Actor
Laurence Fishburne
Source
The Matrix
Medium
Film
Genre
Science fiction (film) Action (film) Science fiction Action
Language
English
Time
1999 1990s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Matrix. Directed by The Wachowskis. Warner Bros./Village Roadshow Pictures/Groucho II Film Partnership/Silver Pictures, 1999.

Another quote of the following type Irony

The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

More information about this quote
Topic
Truth hurts Truth Willful ignorance Freedom

Author

Herbert Agar
Source
A Time for Greatness
Statement Type
Irony
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Agar, Herbert. A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown and Company, 1942.