“The story so far:In the beginning the Universe was created.This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
More from Douglas Adams on Humor
“Insanity is a gradual process - don't rush it.”
“The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.”
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
“The Guide says there is an art to flying", said Ford, "or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
“Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?”
“Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws.”
“To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.”
Others on Humor
Groucho Marx
23 quotes“Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.”
George Carlin
13 quotes“The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other in opposite directions.”
H. L. Mencken
11 quotes“Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.”
Ambrose Bierce
10 quotes“Apologize v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.”
Sir Winston Churchill
10 quotes“Always remember, that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.”
Laurence Peter
9 quotes“Television has changed the American child from an irresistable force to an immovable object.”
Mary West
9 quotes“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
Will Rogers
8 quotes“The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn't get worse every time Congress meets.”
Dorothy Parker
8 quotes“Three be the things I shall never attain: Envy, content, and sufficient champagne.”
Henry Kissinger
7 quotes“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
Rodney Dangerfield
7 quotes“I found there was only one way to look thin: hang out with fat people.”
Ronald Reagan
6 quotes“You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.”