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. Douglas Adams More Quotes by Douglas Adams More Quotes From Douglas Adams Life... is like a grapefruit. It's orange and squishy, and has a few pips in it, and some folks have half a one for breakfast. Douglas Adams orangelifefunny If life is going to exist in a Universe of this size, then the one thing it cannot afford to have is a sense of proportion. Douglas Adams sizethought-provokingphilosophical Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things Douglas Adams hitchhikingnaturalorder Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons. Douglas Adams humilitywarbelieve She had what it took: great hair, a profound understanding of strategic lip gloss, the intelligence to understand the world and a tiny secret interior deadness which meant she didn’t care. Douglas Adams understandinghairprofound Time travel, by its very nature, was invented in all periods of history simultaneously. Douglas Adams time-travelperiods This planet has — or rather had — a problem, which was this: most of the people living on it were unhappy for pretty much all of the time. Douglas Adams you-make-me-happyunhappypeople I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is. Douglas Adams honestproblemthinking 42 is a nice number that you can take home and introduce to your family. Douglas Adams nicehomenumbers Alltami (n.) The ancient art of being able to balance the hot and cold shower taps. Douglas Adams hot-and-coldbalanceart 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. Douglas Adams hitchhikingmindpeople 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. Douglas Adams importantmissingtea How do I know the past is not a fiction conceived to reconcile the difference between my state of mind and the present. Douglas Adams differencesmindpast Don't believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose. Douglas Adams paradoxwellsbelieve Why are people born? Why do they die? Why do they want to spend so much of the intervening time wearing digital watches? Douglas Adams wantwatchespeople Did I do anything wrong today," he said, "or has the world always been like this and I've been too wrapped up in myself to notice? Douglas Adams saidtodayworld A fragrant breeze wandered up from the quiet sea, trailed along the beach, and drifted back to the sea again, wondering where to go next. On a mad impulse it went up to the beach again. It drifted back to sea. Douglas Adams madseabeach It was none the less a perfectly ordinary horse, such as convergent evolution has produced in many of the places that life is to be found. They have always understood a great deal more than they let on. It is difficult to be sat on all day, every day, by some other creature, without forming an opinion about them. Douglas Adams horseordinaryanimal The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. The problem of when the drink is going to run out is, however, going to have to be faced one day. The planet over which they are floating is no longer the planet it was when they first started floating over it. It is in bad shape Douglas Adams futurepartyrunning ...they discovered only a small asteroid inhabited by a solitary old man who claimed repeatedly that nothing was true, though he was later discovered to be lying. Douglas Adams asteroidsmenlying