All Douglas Adams Quotes
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.
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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 drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
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In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
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The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones I've had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
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I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
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If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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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.
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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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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?
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The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind.
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I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.
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