Quotes - Douglas Adams


 


The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair.

Douglas Adams, 03/11/1952 - 05/11/2001
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English humorist & science fiction novelist
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A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

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Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own set of laws.

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