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Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
English humorist & science fiction novelist [more author details]

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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.: Douglas Adams
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.: Douglas Adams
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Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.: Douglas Adams
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You live and learn. At any rate, you live.: Douglas Adams
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.: Douglas Adams, "Last Chance to See"
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The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.: Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless"
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He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.: Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
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Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.: Douglas Adams, "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of.: Douglas Adams, Arthur Dent in "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"
The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.: Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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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 chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.: Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty- five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.: Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt
Even he, to whom most things that most people would think were pretty smart were pretty dumb, thought it was pretty smart.: Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt, p. 205

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