The longest and most destructive party ever held is now into its fourth generation and still no one shows any signs of leaving. Somebody did once look at his watch, but that was eleven years ago now, and there has been no follow up.
("Life, the Universe, and Everything")
More Quotes from Douglas Adams:
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.Douglas Adams
In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.
Douglas Adams
One of the problems, and it's one which is obviously going to get worse, is that all the people at the party are either the children or the grandchildren or the great-grandchildren of the people who wouldn't leave in the first place, and because of all the business about selective breeding and regressive genes and so on, it means that all the people now at the party are either absolutely fanatical partygoers, or gibbering idiots, or, more and more frequently, both.
Douglas Adams
Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
Douglas Adams
It can be very dangerous to see things from somebody else's point of view without the proper training.
Douglas Adams
There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly 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 that states that this has already happened.
Douglas Adams
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Sign & Symbol QuotesAs many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
Natalie Gulbis
I knew everything and received everything. But real happiness, is giving.
Alain Delon
Anything you can do needs to be done, so pick up the tool of your choice and get started.
Ben Linder