Douglas Adams Quotes

• I refuse to prove that I exist, ‘Says God, ‘for proof denies faith, and without faith, I am nothing.’

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• A cup of tea would restore my normality.

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• To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

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• Being virtually killed by a virtual laser in a virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.

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• I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

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• Kate’s spirits sank to the very bottom of  her being and began to prowl around there making a low growling noise.

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• It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on earth has ever produced the expression‘as pretty as an airport’.

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• So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish.

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• ‘The first ten million years were the worst,’ said Marvin, ‘and the second ten million years, they were the worst too. The third ten million I didn’t enjoy at all. After that I went into a bit of a decline.’

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• The Answer to the Great Question Of…Life, the Universe and Everything…Is…Forty-two.

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• Don’t Panic.

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• A nostalgic yearning which is in itself more pleasant than the thing being yearned for.

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• I’d far rather be happy than right any day.

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• The triumphant slamming shut of a book after reading the final page.

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• The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps.

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• The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.

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• I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.

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• My capacity for happiness,” he added, “you could fit into a matchbox without taking out the matches first.

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• The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything is…42!

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• All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

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Douglas Adams (63)

Birth:	11th March, 1952
Death:	11th May, 2001
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Humorist, Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter

About

Douglas Noel Adams was born in Cambridge, England. He was an English novelist, screenwriter, humorist, and playwright. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff, The Deeper Meaning of Liff, and Last Chance to See.

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