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The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fire ball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.
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The common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools
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I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
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'The Guide says there is an art to flying', said Ford, 'or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss.'
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The ships hung in the air in much the same way that bricks don't
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Would it save you a lot of time if a just gave up and went mad now?
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
If there's anything more important than my ego, I want it caught and shot now.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer.
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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.
Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Ford... you're turning into a penguin. Stop it.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhinker's Guide to the Galaxy
A learning experience is one of those things that says 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'
Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Reality is frequently inaccurate.
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the end of the Universe
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems with just potatoes.
Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
I'd far rather be happy than right any day.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
For a moment nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhicker's Guide to the Galaxy
I'm so great even I get tongue-tied talking to myself.
Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe.
It was the product of a mind that was not merely twisted, but actually sprained.
Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Ford began to whistle, which was probably a mistake. Nobody likes a whistler
Douglas Adams, The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all.
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; Douglas Adams