Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of. Douglas Adams More Quotes by Douglas Adams More Quotes From Douglas Adams In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams crazygodfunny I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams destinyupliftinginspirational It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams presidentjobspeople If you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. Douglas Adams wanttryingway I love deadlines. I like the whooshing noise they make as they go by. Douglas Adams hilariousinspirationallove Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. Douglas Adams wisdomeducationfunny For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst 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 reasons. Douglas Adams new-yorksuccesswar Let us think the unthinkable, let us do the undoable, let us prepare to grapple with the ineffable itself, and see if we may not eff it after all. Douglas Adams badassphilosophythinking I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day. Douglas Adams atheistinspirationallife Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams fearwittyfunny To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams educationalmoneyleadership 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. Douglas Adams humoreducationfunny The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be. Douglas Adams humorsciencethinking The most misleading assumptions are the ones you don't even know you're making. Douglas Adams assumptionstatisticsknows For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. Douglas Adams hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxyhappenedmoments There is no point in using the word 'impossible' to describe something that has clearly happened. Douglas Adams logicimpossiblelife I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams positivelifetravel We all like to congregate at boundary conditions. Where land meets water. Where earth meets air. Where bodies meet mind. Where space meets time. We like to be on one side, and look at the other. Douglas Adams aircloudstime I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer Douglas Adams humorwittyfunny 2,000 years ago one man got nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be if everyone was nice to each other for a change. Douglas Adams fridaynicemen
