The best Quotes by Douglas Adams

The best Quotes by Douglas Adams

Douglas Noël Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was an English author, humorist, and screenwriter, best known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Originally a 1978 BBC radio comedy, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy developed into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime.

The fact that all of this was happening in virtual space made no difference. Being virtually killed by virtual laser in virtual space is just as effective as the real thing, because you are as dead as you think you are.
The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner.
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 and repair.
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He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
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Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
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I love deadlines, I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.

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California has officially announced that jaywalking is now no longer a crime. So congratulations to the Californians who like walking places. This is great news for the six of you.
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New Mexico. It's another state. I mean, it's like California, just less traffic.
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We all have our little faults. Mine's in California.
All creative people should be required to leave California for three months every year.
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Helsinki may not be as cold as you make it out to be, but California is still a lot nicer. I don't remember the last time I couldn't walk around in shorts all day.
The apparent ease of California life is an illusion, and those who believe the illusion real live here in only the most temporary way.
Things are tough all over, cupcake. An' it rains on the just an' the unjust alike... except in California.
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I read the Life magazine articles about free love and free dope in California. At age 20 I drove to Los Angeles.
That's the great thing about California, you can almost go to the mountains and almost go to the beach on the same day.
Leonard Hofstadter in The Big Bang Theory - Season 11 Episode 11
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You know what's remarkable? That England looks in no way like Southern California.
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It's the edge of the world
And all of Western civilization
The sun may rise in the east
At least it's settled in a final location
It's understood that Hollywood sells Californication
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I drank when I was pregnant with you, you turned out fine. There's everybody saying 'don't drink, don't smoke'. I swear - Texas is turning into California.
There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.
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With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
Lord, give me coffee to change the things I can and virtual reality to accept the things I can't.
The Metaverse is being made by Microsoft and Facebook, so you know it's gonna be boring as sh-t.
Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones. The future is coming.
It's harder to build a good chair than to build a skyscraper.
One forges one's style on the terrible anvil of daily deadlines.
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If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don’t care for human beings.
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This is America. Anyone can eat what they want, as long as they eat too much.
Homer Simpson in The Simpsons - Season 24 Episode 5
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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
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Canada also helped in two world wars and gave the world Neil Young, William Shatner, Leonard Cohen, Pamela Anderson, one quarter of Barney Stinson, instant mashed potatoes and best of all - you.
Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 9 Episode 12
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Look, if Michael Jordan's healthy, you don't let Scottie Pippen run the offense. Oh, you're from Canada, right. If Wayne Gretzky's healthy, you don't let François... what I'm saying is: hockey is stupid and I'm point guy!
Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother - Season 8 Episode 23
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Canadians are nice and polite. It's not just a stereotype.
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Australia... home of every animal that seems like it should already be extinct.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)
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In order to get cheap accommodation in Australia, we like foreign people to do manual labour for us. Helping feed the cows is very important, they are the future of McDonald's.
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Australia... not just the country where Russell Crowe lives, but very much the Russell Crowe of countries.
John Oliver (Last Week Tonight)
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The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
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It is only when you fall that you learn whether you can fly.
Flemeth in Dragon Age
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People ask me if I could fly. I said: 'Yeah - for a little while.'
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I'm paranoid. On my stationary bike, I have a rear view mirror.
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.

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