Adams, Douglas

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."

"We demand guaranteed rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty."

"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."

"Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so."

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."

"Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened."

"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." - Last Chance to See

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." - Mostly Harmless, 1992

"A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of it. It is an interface where the mind and body can connect with the universe and move bits of it about." - Mostly Harmless, 1992

"God's final message to his Creation: We Apologise For The Inconvenience" - So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

"Arthur: 'It's at times like this I wish I'd listened to my mother.' Ford : 'Why, what did she say?' Arthur: 'I don't know, I never listened.'" - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a bad idea." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"Perhaps I'm old and tired, but I always think that the chances of finding out what really is going on are so absurdly remote that the only thing to do is to say hang the sense of it and just keep yourself occupied." - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

"'My doctor says that I have a malformed public duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre,' he muttered to himself, 'and that I am therefore excused from saving Universes.'" - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy