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493 Quotes by Douglas Adams

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

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.
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…
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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