--- title: "4 Coincidence Quotes By Douglas Adams" description: "4 Coincidence quotes by Douglas Adams. Plus more from Douglas Adams and more Coincidence sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/douglas-adams-122_airports_it-can-hardly-be-a-coincidence-that-no-l_205513.jpg" --- > [It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression "As pretty as an airport." Airports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/it-can-hardly-be-a-coincidence-that-no-language-on-earth-has-ever/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d29/douglas-adams-122_airports_it-can-hardly-be-a-coincidence-that-no-l_205513.jpg) > [The Heart of Gold fled on silently through the night of space, now on conventional photon drive. Its crew of four were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-heart-of-gold-fled-on-silently-through-the-night-of-space-now-on/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/douglas-adams-122_atoms_the-heart-of-gold-fled-on-silently-throu_1229160.jpg) > [“coincidences are strange and dangerous things. Believe me, it is a great deal better to find cast-iron proof that you’re innocent than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/coincidences-are-strange-and-dangerous-things-believe-me-it-is-a/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/douglas-adams-122_coincidence_coincidences-are-strange-and-dangerous-t_1242093.jpg) > [It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression, 'As pretty as an airport.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/it-can-hardly-be-a-coincidence-that-no-language-on-earth-has-ever-2/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/douglas-adams-122_airports_it-can-hardly-be-a-coincidence-that-no-l_1994052.png) ## Other authors on Coincidence - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-deepak-chopra-28468.jpg) Deepak Chopra 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/deepak-chopra/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-redfield-46695.jpg) James Redfield 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/james-redfield/) - [Maquita Donyel Irvin 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/maquita-donyel-irvin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-milan-kundera-68231.jpg) Milan Kundera 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/milan-kundera/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donna-tartt-30130.jpg) Donna Tartt 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/donna-tartt/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anthony-horowitz-14099.jpg) Anthony Horowitz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/anthony-horowitz/) ## More by Douglas Adams > [2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/2-000-years-ago-one-man-got-nailed-to-a-tree-for-saying-how-great-it/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [What a wonderfully exciting cough,' said the little man, quite startled by it, 'do you mind if I join you?' And with that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/what-a-wonderfully-exciting-cough-said-the-little-man-quite-startled/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [The technology involved in making anything invisible is so infinitely complex that nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-technology-involved-in-making-anything-invisible-is-so-infinitely/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [One is never alone with a rubber duck.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/one-is-never-alone-with-a-rubber-duck/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/this-must-be-thursday-i-never-could-get-the-hang-of-thursdays/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [There are some oddities in the perspective with which we see the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/there-are-some-oddities-in-the-perspective-with-which-we-see-the-world/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“Eight hours West sat a man alone on a beach mourning an inexplicable loss. He could only think of his loss in little packets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/eight-hours-west-sat-a-man-alone-on-a-beach-mourning-an-inexplicable/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“The Universe, the whole infinite Universe. The infinite suns, the infinite distances between them, and yourself an invisible dot on an invisible dot, infinitely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-universe-the-whole-infinite-universe-the-infinite-suns-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [People always make this totally artificial distinction between what is commercial and what is good. They quote that maxim "Nobody ever lost money underestimating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/people-always-make-this-totally-artificial-distinction-between-what/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/any-man-who-can-hitch-the-length-and-breadth-of-the-galaxy-rough-it/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [ Does God know he \[exists\]?" "Of course he does. Otherwise, you could not have asked the question, and I could not have answered. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/does-god-know-he-exists-of-course-he-does-otherwise-you-could-not/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“When we told our guide that we didn't want to go to all the tourist places he took us instead to the places where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/when-we-told-our-guide-that-we-didn-t-want-to-go-to-all-the-tourist/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“But Douglas was a genius, because he saw the world differently, and more importantly, he could communicate the world he saw.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/but-douglas-was-a-genius-because-he-saw-the-world-differently-and/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [“The bits which did mean anything were often so wonderfully buried that no one could ever spot them slipping past in the avalanche of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-bits-which-did-mean-anything-were-often-so-wonderfully-buried/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) > [You come to me for advice, but you can't cope with anything you don't recognize. Hmmm. So we'll have to tell you something you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/you-come-to-me-for-advice-but-you-can-t-cope-with-anything-you-don-t/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coincidence/douglas-adams/#itemlist", "name": "4 Coincidence Quotes By Douglas Adams", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression \"As pretty as an airport.\" Airports are ugly. Some are very ugly. Some attain a degree of ugliness that can only be the result of a special effort. 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