Douglas Adams quotes

I've been waay contemplative lately (can you tell?), so I decided to lighten things up with some random Douglas Adams quotes. Enjoy.


He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.


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.


Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.



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



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


It is no coincidence that in no known language does the phrase 'As pretty as an Airport' appear.



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.



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


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.


He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.


Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.


Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.