Marvin Quotes

• It's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.

  Douglas Adams

  Hate, Shapes, Universe

  Douglas Adams (2010). “The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.189, Del Rey

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• There are still times I feel unhappy and I must smile, and there are times I want to cry and I must laugh... people rarely see the real Marvin Gaye

  Marvin Gaye

  Real, People, Laughing

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• Marvin trudged on down the corridor, still moaning. "...and then of course I've got this terrible pain in all the diodes down my left hand side..." "No?" said Arthur grimly as he walked along beside him. "Really?" "Oh yes," said Marvin, "I mean I've asked for them to be replaced but no one ever listens." "I can imagine.

  Douglas Adams

  Pain, Mean, Hands

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.70, Pan Macmillan

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• I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.

  Douglas Adams

  Depression, Thinking, Feelings

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.60, Pan Macmillan

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• Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.

  Douglas Adams

  Want, Enough, Should

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.250, Pan Macmillan

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• Simple. I got very bored and depressed, so I went and plugged myself in to its external computer feed. I talked to the computer at great length and explained my view of the Universe to it," said Marvin. "And what happened?" pressed Ford. "It committed suicide," said Marvin and stalked off back to the Heart of Gold.

  Douglas Adams

  Suicide, Heart, Simple

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.138, Pan Macmillan

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• Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.

  Douglas Adams

  Hitchhiking, Said, Paranoid

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.96, Pan Macmillan

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

  Douglas Adams

  Years, Firsts, Decline

  Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980) ch. 18

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• Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don’t know why I bother to say it, oh God, I’m so depressed.

  Douglas Adams

  Breathing, Way, Pardon Me

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.63, Pan Macmillan

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• Life! Don't talk to me about life!

  Douglas Adams

  Life, Hitchhiking, Talk To Me

  Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) ch. 11

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• I feel close to Marvin Gaye, Vincent van Gogh, because nobody appreciated his work until he was dead. Now it's worth millions.

  Tupac Shakur

  Rapper, Appreciated, Vans

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• Now the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night. Now I lay me down to sleep, Try to count electric sheep, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. -Marvin

  Douglas Adams

  Dream, Sweet, Hate

  Douglas Adams (2009). “Life, the Universe and Everything”, p.126, Pan Macmillan

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• Funny, how just when you think life can’t possibly get any worse it suddenly does.

  Douglas Adams

  Thinking, Doe, Hitchhiking

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”, p.69, Pan Macmillan

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• You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.

  Marvin Minsky

  Education, Learning, Knowledge

  "Managing an Information Security and Privacy Awareness and Training Program". Book by Rebecca Herold, 2005.

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• If you cannot find peace within yourself, you will never find it anywhere else.

  Marvin Gaye

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Peace

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• Would you like me to go and stick my head in a bucket of water?

  Douglas Adams

  Water, Buckets, Sticks

  Douglas Adams (2009). “The Restaurant at the End of the Universe”, p.83, Pan Macmillan

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• "What's up?" "I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there."

  Douglas Adams

  Said, Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Knows

  "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Book 1)". Book by Douglas Adams (Chapter 34), October 12, 1979.

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• My capacity for happiness," he added, "you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first

  Douglas Adams

  Firsts, Fit, Capacity

  Douglas Adams (2012). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five”, p.355, Pan Macmillan

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• So long, and thanks for all the fish.

  Douglas Adams

  Democracies Have, Long, Dolphins

  Douglas Adams (2009). “So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish”, Pan Macmillan

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• Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

  Marvin Gaye

  Soulmate, Miserable, Persons

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• Tequila. Straight. There's a real polite drink. You keep drinking until you finally take one more and it just won't go down. Then you know you've reached your limit.

  Lee Marvin

  Real, Drinking, Limits

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I get that feeling, I want some sexual healing.

  Marvin Gaye

  Sex, Healing, Feelings

  "Sexual Healing" (song) (1982)

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• Negotiating means getting the best of your opponent.

  Marvin Gaye

  Mean, Opponents, Negotiation

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• I hope to refine music, study it, try to find some area that I can unlock. I don't quite know how to explain it but it's there. These can't be the only notes in the world, there's got to be other notes some place, in some dimension, between the cracks on the piano keys.

  Marvin Gaye

  Keys, Piano, Trying

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• Great artists suffer for the people.

  Marvin Gaye

  Artist, People, Suffering

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