Top Douglas Adams Quotes

1.  Politics

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

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2.  Life

“There are of course many problems connected with life, of which some of the most popular are – Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches?”

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3.  Self

“If there’s anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.”

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4.  Society

“My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fiber, and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes.”

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5.  Religion

“Arthur hoped and prayed that there wasn’t an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction there and merely hoped that there wasn’t an afterlife.”

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6.  Wisdom

“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.”

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7.  Life

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

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8.  Life

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

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9.  Life

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”

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10.  Murphy’s Law

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

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