In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground.

Quote by Douglas Adams

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Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.

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

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

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

I refuse to prove that I exist says God, for proof denies faith, and without...

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones...

The difficulty with this conversation is that it's very different from most of the ones...

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to...

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound as they fly by.

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered...

He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered...

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

You live and learn. At any rate, you live.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath...

What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in the ground underneath...

Time is bunk.

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The...

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

A computer terminal is not some clunky old television with a typewriter in front of...

Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved...

Man has always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved...

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...

If somebody thinks they're a hedgehog, presumably you just give 'em a mirror and a...