Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Source: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy pentalogy
Source: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga
"I'm not panicking, I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining."
Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)
Lois McMaster Bujold book Brothers in Arms
Variant: "Don't panic."
"I'm not panicking, I'm watching you panic. It's more entertaining."
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)
“But don't panic. Base eight is just like base ten really — if you're missing two fingers.”
Tom Lehrer (1928) American singer-songwriter and mathematician
"New Math"
That Was the Year That Was (1965)
Pete Doherty (1979) English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist
On the downside of fame, NME (New Musical Express), March 13, 2004
People
“Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.”
Pope Sixtus I (42) pope
The Ring (c. 120).
If "The Ring" refers to the work "The Ring of Sixtus", it is highly unlikely that these quotes are attributed correctly. It is widely believed that "The Ring of Sixtus" was written by a Pythagorean philosopher.
John McEnroe (1959) US tennis player
On losing to Tim Mayotte in the Ebel US Pro Indoor Championships, NY Times (February 9, 1987)
Hugh MacDiarmid (1892–1978) Scottish poet, pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve
Review of Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)