I find the whole business of religion profoundly interesting. But it does mystify me that otherwise intelligent people take it seriously.
Douglas AdamsThere is an art to the business of making sandwiches which it is given to few ever to find the time to explore in depth. It is a simple task, but the opportunities for satisfaction are many and profound.
Douglas AdamsHumans 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 AdamsNow the world has gone to bed, Darkness won't engulf my head, I can see by infrared, How I hate the night. Now I lay me down to sleep, Try to count electric sheep, Sweet dream wishes you can keep, How I hate the night. -Marvin
Douglas AdamsIt's part of the shape of the Universe. I only have to talk to somebody and they begin to hate me.
Douglas AdamsThe car shot forward straight into the circle of light, and suddenly Arthur had a fairly clear idea of what infinity looked like. It wasnโt infinity in fact. Infinity itself looks flat and uninteresting. Looking up into the night sky is looking into infinityโdistance is incomprehensible and therefore meaningless. The chamber into which the aircar emerged was anything but infinite, it was just very very very big, so big that it gave the impression of infinity far better than infinity itself.
Douglas Adams