1,082 Quotes by Douglas Adams

The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Don't Panic.

There's always a moment when you start to fall out of love, whether it's with a person or an idea or a cause, even if it's one you only narrate to yourself years after the event: a tiny thing, a wrong word, a false note, which means that things can never be quite the same again.

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

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

I'd far rather be happy than right any day.

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.

A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.