Top 80 Quotes by Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat.

I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.

Time is bunk.

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.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

As a child, I was an active Christian. I used to love the school choir and remember the carol service as always such an emotional thing.

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.

I wanted to be a writer-performer like the Pythons. In fact, I wanted to be John Cleese, and it took me some time to realise that the job was, in fact, taken.