# Quote — Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt

> "Solutions nearly always come from the direction you least expect, which means there's no point trying to look in that direction because it won't be coming from there."

- Author: [Douglas Adams](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-adams.md)
- Book: [The Salmon of Doubt](https://www.leafyquotes.com/douglas-adams/the-salmon-of-doubt.md)
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> There is no problem so complicated that you can't find a very simple answer to it if you look at it right … Or put it another way, "The future of computer power is pure simplicity."

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> I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

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