Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is is clearly a man to be reckoned with.
From Douglas Adams
I taught myself to play the guitar by listening to Paul Simon records, working it out note by note. He is an incredibly intelligent musician. He's not someone who has a natural outpouring of melody like McCartney or Dylan, who are just terribly prolific with musical ideas.
Time is bunk.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot.
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.
It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.
For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.
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