"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at……" — Douglas Adams

"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."

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493 Quotes by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams has 493 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
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.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete…
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity…
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it…
Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the…
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable…
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.

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More Fear Quotes

This quote is filed under Fear Quotes, one of 11,978 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to… — Aristotle
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the… — Aristotle
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. — Aristotle
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. — Richard Bach
Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail… — Johann Arndt
To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that… — Darren Aronofsky
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them. — Isaac Asimov
Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad

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