Douglas Adams Quotes


46 Douglas Adams quotes:



"Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it, it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Universe Quotes
"A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Television Quotes
"Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of"
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Safety Quotes
"It is known that there are an infinte number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the Universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the whole Universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely products of a deranged imagination."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Life Quotes
"One of the most blissful joys of the English language is the fact that one of its greatest practitioners ever, one of the guys on the very top table of all, was a jokesmith. Though maybe it shouldn't be that big a surprise. Who else would be up there? Austen, of course, Dickens and Chaucer. The only one who couldn't make a joke to save his life would be Shakespeare."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Language Quotes
"It's no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase "As pretty as an airport" appear"
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Language Quotes
"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 disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"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 possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"For a moment, nothing happened.Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Problems Quotes
"The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Reality Quotes
"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Living Quotes
"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: Inspirational Quotes English Writer Quotes
"I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes
"If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a few pictures of hedgehogs and tell them to sort it out for themselves."
Author: Adams Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes



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