The argument goes something like this: "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing. Douglas Adams More Quotes by Douglas Adams More Quotes From Douglas Adams Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still know where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with. Douglas Adams struggle winning men Being offended by things is the world's big hobby at the moment. It's almost taken over from wearing goatee beards. Douglas Adams hobbies taken world A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment. Douglas Adams sorrow disappointment expectations In the center lay the exploded carcass of a lonely sperm whale that hadn't lived long enough to be disappointed with its lot. Douglas Adams whales lonely long I come in peace...Take me to your lizard. Douglas Adams lizards take-me If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now. Douglas Adams ego important want When you're cruising down the road in the fast lane and you lazily sail past a few hard-driving cars and are feeling pretty pleased with yourself and then accidently change down from fourth to first instead of third thus making your engine leap out of your hood in a rather ugly mess, it tends to throw you off stride in much the same way that this remark threw Ford Prefect off his. Douglas Adams car feelings past "What's up?" "I don't know," said Marvin, "I've never been there." Douglas Adams hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy marvin said I think that growing up in a crowded continent like Europe with an awful lot of competing claims, ideas, cultures, and systems of thought we have, perforce, developed a more sophisticated notion of what the word freedom means than I see much evidence of in America. To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that in Europe we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot. Douglas Adams growing-up mean thinking A nerd is someone who uses a telephone to talk to other people about telephones. Douglas Adams nerd use people If there's any real truth, it's that the entire multidimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. Douglas Adams infinity real running I always thought something was fundamentally wrong with the universe Douglas Adams universe They wouldn’t even lift a finger to save their own grandmothers from the Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal without orders signed in triplicate, sent in, sent back, queried, lost, found, subjected to public inquiry, lost again, and finally buried in soft peat for three months and recycled as firelighters. Douglas Adams grandmother three order Plenty of people did not care for him much, but then there is a huge difference between disliking somebody - maybe even disliking them a lot - and actually shooting them, strangling them, dragging them through the fields and setting their house on fire. Douglas Adams differences fire people I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. Douglas Adams argument belief believe And wow! Hey! What's this thing coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding word like... ow... ound... round... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me? Douglas Adams hey names needs If they don’t keep exercising their lips, he thought, their brains start working. Douglas Adams lips exercise brain Ahenny (adj.) - The way people stand when examining other people's bookshelves. Douglas Adams bookshelves people way And so the problem remained; lots of the people were mean, and most of them were miserable, even the ones with digital watches. Douglas Adams watches mean people The Universe, as has been observed before, is an unsettlingly big place, a fact which for the sake of a quiet life most people tend to ignore. Douglas Adams sake facts people