Quotes by Douglas Adams

"The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind."

"In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground."

"He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife."

"It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too."

"For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen."

"You live and learn. At any rate, you live."

"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."

"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."

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

"It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes."

"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."

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be."

"Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?"

"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."

"I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge?"

"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."

"I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be."

"Time is bunk."

"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so."

"To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."