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