The quotations of

Douglas Adams

British science fiction writer and humorist

1952–2001

27 quotes, most often on Comedy, Science and Animals.

I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as they go flying by.
- Comedy
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency (1987)
- Comedy
In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea.
- God
Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
- Comedy
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
- Politics
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone 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.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (1980)
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (1979)
- Comedy
I am so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis.
- Comedy
Man [has] always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much-the wheel, New York, wars and so on-while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man-for precisely the same reason.
- Animals
I think the idea of art kills creativity.
- Art
Thor was the God of Thunder and, frankly, acted like it.
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), Ch. 7
- Comedy
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
- Comedy
- Work
We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
- Technology
I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
- Knowledge
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.
The Salmon of Doubt (2002)
- Debate

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