Adams, Douglas (1952 – 2001), English humorist & science fiction novelist
You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
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.
There is a theory which states that if ever anybody 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.
He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it. (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word ‘safe’ that I wasn’t previously aware of. (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
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 or repair.
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 chemist’s, but that’s just peanuts to space. (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
