Adams

Douglas Adams is one of my favourite authors.

‘I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.’
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time

‘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

‘I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don’t know the answer.’

‘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

‘I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.’
 The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

‘I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.’
 The Salmon of Doubt

‘I’d far rather be happy than right any day.’
 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

‘Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?’
 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

‘I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.’
 The Salmon of Doubt

‘There is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.’
 The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

‘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

‘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.’
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

‘Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.’
Mostly Harmless

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

‘The Answer to the Great Question…Of Life, the Universe and Everything…Is…Forty-two.’
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy