Quotes by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams

British science-fiction writer

Lived from: 1952 - 2001

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 11 march 1952 Died: 11 may 2001

  • 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.

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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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  • I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
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  • A common mistake people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
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  • 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.
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  • Anyone who is capable of getting themselves into a position of power should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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  • Beethoven tells you what it's like to be Beethoven and Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.
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  • Don't believe anything you read on the net.
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  • Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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  • God's Final Message to His Creation:
    'We apologize for the inconvenience.'
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  • Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.
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  • We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
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  • You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
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  • A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2012) 690
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  • After ten years of word processing, I can't even do hand writing anymore.
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  • Don't you understand that we need to be childish in order to understand? Only a child sees things with perfect clarity, because it hasn't developed all those filters which prevent us from seeing things that we don't expect to see.
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  • He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.
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  • 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.
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  • I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.
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  • I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
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  • I only know as much about myself as my mind can work out under its current conditions. And its current conditions are not good.
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What are the most famous quotes from Douglas Adams?

The two most famous quotes from Douglas Adams are:

  • "To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity."
  • "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by."

When did Douglas Adams live?

Douglas Adams was born in 1952 and died in the year 2001.