Douglas Adams Quotes

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• It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
• The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot…
• I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?
• I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
• I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
• Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
• A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
• It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who…
• To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
• There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly…
• Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?
• Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to…
• He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
• In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
• If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic…
• This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
• I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
• I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
• For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
• We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.

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