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Ground Quotes by Douglas Adams
- Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
- In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
- And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide…
- The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at…
- What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath a giant boulder you can't move, with no hope of…
- [The kakapo] is an extremely fat bird. A good-sized adult will weigh about six or seven pounds, and its wings are just about good for…
- The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
More Ground Quotes
- The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for… — Aristotle
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- As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman
- I had many friends to help me to fall; but as to rising again, I was so much left to myself, that… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was… — Michelle Bachelet
- Unintelligent persons are like weeds that thrive in good ground; they love to be amused in proportion to the degree in which… — Honore de Balzac
- Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. — Douglas Adams
- In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. — Douglas Adams
- Daisies are like sunshine to the ground. — Drew Barrymore
- To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it… — Joseph Addison