Quotes by Douglas Adams

He attacked everything in life with a mix of extraordinary genius and naive incompetence, and it was often difficult to tell which was which.


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


There is a theory which states that if ever anybody 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.


You live and learn. At any rate, you live.


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.


He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.


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