Douglas Adams Quotes & Sayings

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

“Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”

“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”

“I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need 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.”

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”

“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.”

“He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.”

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

“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.”