1,082 Quotes by Douglas Adams

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.

Arthur: If I asked you where the hell we were, would I regret it?Ford: We're safe.Arthur: Oh good.Ford: We're in a small galley cabin in one of the spaceships of the Vogon Constructor Fleet.Arthur: Ah, this is obviously some strange use of the word safe that I wasn't previously aware of.

Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the bowl of petunias as it fell was Oh no, not again. Many people have speculated that if we knew exactly why the bowl of petunias had thought that we would know a lot more about the nature of the Universe than we do now.

We are stuck with technology when what we really want is just stuff that works.

All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated and well supported in logic and argument than others.

Arthur blinked at the screens and felt he was missing something important. Suddenly he realized what it was."Is there any tea on this spaceship?" he asked.

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed.