"If it looks like a duck, and quacks……" — Douglas Adams
"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 bird of the family anatidae on our hands."
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493 Quotes by Douglas Adams
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- I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
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- 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…