Douglas Adams
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4 quotes we’ve traced to Douglas Adams
“The Answer to the Great Question of Life, the Universe and Everything is Forty-two”
Verified“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so”
Verified“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by”
Attributed“It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end”
DisputedNot actually Douglas Adams
Often misattributed to Douglas Adams
Famous lines widely pinned on Douglas Adams that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep”
actually Scott Adams
“I would send the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach, but that would be boasting”
actually Lewis Thomas
“It's not the fall that kills you; it's the sudden stop at the end”
actually Unknown
“No individual raindrop ever considers itself responsible for the flood”
actually Sydney J. Harris
“Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning”
actually Rick Cook
“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity”
actually Donald A. Adams
“Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead”
actually Gene Fowler
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