Douglas Adams Quotes

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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Life is wasted on the living.
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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.
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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
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The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate.
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The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.
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The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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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.
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The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
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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.
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This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.
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Time is bunk.
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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.
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We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.
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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
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Douglas Adams Quotes

Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Date of Birth: March 11, 1952 Date of Death: May 11, 2001 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Douglas Adams Related Authors: Thomas Paine Rudyard Kipling Gilbert K. Chesterton Joseph Addison John Ruskin Quentin Crisp Agatha Christie Alain de Botton	1 - 2 It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams Life is wasted on the living. Douglas Adams 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. Douglas Adams The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees. Douglas Adams The Guide is definitive. Reality is frequently inaccurate. Douglas Adams The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks. Douglas Adams The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams 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. Douglas Adams The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. Douglas Adams 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. Douglas Adams This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Douglas Adams Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams Time is bunk. Douglas Adams To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams We have normality. I repeat, we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem. Douglas Adams You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams 1 - 2